Best Paint Stripper

drik

Hi

I need to remove paint from door hinges so I can remove the doors and sand them down. At the moment I can't as the hinges are covered in paint. Any recommendations from removing the paint to I can unscrew the doors?

Thanks!

dmc17

drik wrote: »

Hi

I need to remove paint from door hinges so I can remove the doors and sand them down. At the moment I can't as the hinges are covered in paint. Any recommendations from removing the paint to I can unscrew the doors?

Thanks!

Are the screw heads full of paint?

drik

Yes! It's a disaster. The last person who lived in the house painted over them.

pablo128

Just scrape the paint out with something pointy. You will have to do it anyway even if you use paint stripper.

Tokyo

TBH rather than using paint stripper, which will just gunk everything up, I'd try and chip as much paint as I could out of the screw socket with a small screwdriver, and then get the right screwdriver to task to remove the screws.

dmc17

drik wrote: »

Yes! It's a disaster. The last person who lived in the house painted over them.

I'd be inclined to try put the screwdriver into the screw/over the screw and give it a few light taps of a hammer. The paint might crack, allowing you to remove it.

gctest50

Permatex gasket remover should strip them - don't lick it or put it in your eyes though


http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/detail/PER0/80645/N2363.oap?ck=Search_N2363_-1_-1&pt=N2363&ppt=C1984

drik

Thanks for all the suggestions! I managed to crack the paint and remove them! One press door down - 15 to go!

dodzy

drik wrote: »

Thanks for all the suggestions! I managed to crack the paint and remove them! One press door down - 15 to go!

Jasus, I thought you were talking about internal doors (6.5ft). I would have thought that kitchen press hinges would pose much less of a problem. How anyone managed to cake the hinges on kitchen press doors with paint however is totally another matter :rolleyes:

monseiur

drik wrote: »

Thanks for all the suggestions! I managed to crack the paint and remove them! One press door down - 15 to go!

If you have 15 more to do get yourself a minitaure blow torch, the type that fits on to a disposable gas cannister the size of a standard aerosol can. It will burn off the paint on the hinge in seconds without damaging your doors etc.

M.

PeteFalk78

As an aside, if anybody needs to strip paint from metal then try POR Stripper. Great stuff, I'm doing a small refurb on my alloys and that stuff is savage.

http://www.cleancar.ie/por-15-por-strip.html