Comments on: Yikes. http://blog.gizmodyne.com/2007/02/yikes/ -Gizmodyne Woodworking Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:31:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: john http://blog.gizmodyne.com/2007/02/yikes/comment-page-1/#comment-7 john Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:21:00 +0000 http://gizmodyne.com/wordpress/?p=27#comment-7 We use a different strategy. We pay a few guys to scrape the paint. :) We use a different strategy. We pay a few guys to scrape the paint. :)

]]> By: Tiny Oak Park Bungalow http://blog.gizmodyne.com/2007/02/yikes/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Tiny Oak Park Bungalow Mon, 12 Mar 2007 11:16:00 +0000 http://gizmodyne.com/wordpress/?p=27#comment-5 Ouch! Just when I think we have it bad. We have been encountering a lot of the same in our bungalow - but we have been lucky that all of the previous layers have been sticking to a 1950's skim coat and have been "falling" off with minimal effort. Your house is looking great. Ouch! Just when I think we have it bad. We have been encountering a lot of the same in our bungalow – but we have been lucky that all of the previous layers have been sticking to a 1950’s skim coat and have been “falling” off with minimal effort. Your house is looking great.

]]> By: Kurt http://blog.gizmodyne.com/2007/02/yikes/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Kurt Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:51:00 +0000 http://gizmodyne.com/wordpress/?p=27#comment-3 If that green paint is peeling--and I'm sure it is, you might want to consider using something like Peel Away to take all the paint off--right down to the bare plaster. I had to do it to my daughter's room. I took off a painted wallpaper only to discover multiple layers of badly deteriorating paint, which of course I knew would be lead based. <br/><br/>Kurt If that green paint is peeling–and I’m sure it is, you might want to consider using something like Peel Away to take all the paint off–right down to the bare plaster. I had to do it to my daughter’s room. I took off a painted wallpaper only to discover multiple layers of badly deteriorating paint, which of course I knew would be lead based.

Kurt

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