[Richy L]

Hi guys,

I have some paint removal from the surrounds of pvc windows. The best paint strippers seem to mark the PVC. What can I do to protect the PVC and windows so that they get no chemicals on them at all.


Cheers

Richy

[gutterman]

Had a similar job, masked all windows and frames and also covered over with pvc sheeting afterwards.
Any acid onto frames will scar framework
Steam will work dependant upon number of coats of paint.
Hate these jobs

Regards
Billy

[Richy L]

Its just the front of a house. two windows at the top, small bay at the bottom and the front door.

How long do you think it would take? and how much ££?

[gutterman]

All depends of how many coats of paint have been applied, tensid stock a good paint removal acid, could take 3-4 days, do you need a scaffold.
I used an power pole , applied acid, then steamed off, primer was difficult to removed , i priced a terraced house we did at £1900.
To be honest i now try to avoid these jobs , no amount of money is enough.
Remember PPE and if its a terraced next door may need to be masked.

[Richy L]

I was thinking of using graffiti hotline's solve. is there a better chemcial to use than this then?

I have attached a pic.

Would you say £1900 is about right for this? is that including scaffold too?

[Richy L]

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[stalwart]

Oil or water based paint?

[Richy L]

How can you tell?

[stalwart]

Get a flakey bit off and put a match to it,if it burns well with blackish smoke its oil,but a close look at the photo i'm guessing its water based masonary paint you can tell by the way its peeling off the cast iron guttering,if thats the case you wont need chems just hot at low to med pressure you wont hurt those frames just be carefull with the sealent around them.

If that downpipe needs doing to lower the temp,as someone said sheet the place up as much as you can even the neighbours,hire yourself a 1 man cherry picker(about £100 aday) forget scaffold its murder to work from on a small area plus you'll need to get it enclosed ie sheeted up.

Go in at £2000 theres a lot of work there,time wise very hard to say i've done quite a few like this some went like a dream,one took me nearly a week so price it carefully.

Lastly check your PLI remember it looks like your be working across a public footpath ie trip hazards

[Richy L]

What temp do you think i'll need for that?
I have a hot wash that gets to about 90 degrees. Will I need it hotter?

[stalwart]

Richy,
 again as mentioned before it all depends on the paint itself and how many coats used but 90 should be ok also your going to need a good release agent i reccommend this stuff but its not cheap,brewers can get hold of it and its about £120 for 20ltrs

http://www.paramose.com/paramoseas10mult.html

or call paramose them selves they're really helpfull

Worse part about this sort of work is the b****y cleaning up

Good luck