Not looking forward to scraping and painting an old house of mine so I was researching options. Came across this site. Very resourceful. Beats the $$$$ for a retail one.
Mike
http://www.oceanmanorhouse.com/?page=paintremoverv1,
check out the version 2, ceramic model
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I was all set to build a ceramic unit until I saw a quote from Birger Ericson, the inventor of the infrared paint remover. He said that it was important to use medium-length infrared waves which, of course, is what his product uses.
Do ceramic emitters produce different wavelengths of IR than quartz?
I have been wondering if this is why the two major manufacturers are sticking with quartz instead of switching to ceramic emitters. After all, ceramic is more efficient and looks a lot less fragile than quartz tubes.
Janet
It maybe a bit of a red herring but the diy guy says what he used it works. Where did you get your plan for the unit?
Mike
It's Dave's plan. I am sure it is effective (" Paint sees this thing coming and jumps off the wood in fear"); I am just not sure that it is safe. Does it still keep the temperature low enough to prevent the lead from vaporizing?The only reason I wonder about safety is because the manufacturers haven't adopted the ceramic emitter. But the quartz model sounds good.Janet
Is this thing safe over lacquer? Would seem to me that being a nitrocellulose product that it would be rather flammable.DonDon Reinhard
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Thats a good question.
I all my yrs or refinishing stuff or fixin boo-boos of my own, I never used heat to soften laq. or Varnishes. Plain old scraping, sanding and solvent wipe.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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