Ok, I thought I would throw this out here since I am striking out elsewhere.

 

I have a on it's way to be being beautiful house in Lakewood with a great front porch that unfortunately has approximately 55 ft of porch railing that needs to be stripped and repainted.

 

Several people have recommended Eagle Paintstripping (I think that they were on Columbus Rd in the flats)  which has apparently ceased to operate in the last 2 years or so due to EPA costs.

 

My neighbor swears that Near West Woodworking  on W 25th working has a dip tank but I know there are for rent signs on the building (not sure which space is for rent) and nobody is answering the phone. Anybody know what is going on there?

Do you have a picture?

There is a picture of the house on my semi-defunct blog about the house.

 

thisolderedhouse.blogspot.com

 

No close ups of the railings though. I think I exaggerated there is only about 45 feet of railing. But the paint is stubborn and we are making very little progress on it. There are about 4 thick cracked coats on it.

My grandfather says to buy removAll.  Ask at home depot as you may need a commercial license to get it.

So we have decided to concentrate on on the columns and are currently using soy gel, works great brush it on cover with plastic and the paint layers bubble up and peel off. Like I said it works great unless the bottom layer is milk paint, which I think ours is because the paint remover isn't making a dent in it. I did some research on the web and it appears that I am going to have to use ammonia and steel wool to get that off or at least smooth.

 

MTS, thanks for the suggestion. I know I have tried peel away and a few others.

We bought a Speed-Heater IR and are using it to strip our porch. Its expensive but its going very quickly!

Hi Dogsandcats,

Does it work well on Railings and Spindles?