All,
I have to paint the interior moldings of my house, but before I get started I need to remove some of the old paint drips and burrs, old painted on carpet residue, etc. Is there a tool that I can use for this purpose? I don’t need to sand the trim to bare wood, just take off the parts that stick out and make it look junky. I will be doing mostly the OG running up and down my stairs but also some window casing. I have a Dremel tool, a palm sander, etc, but I would like to know the BEST solution for this problem. Anyone?
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fein multimaster.....just did the same thing around my stairs.
really terrific, adjustable speeds, agressive as needed.
I've used a sharp plane iron as a scraper. Not to cut as with a knife but on edge - just scrape. Leaves a nice finish, cuts in good on the shoulder of the ogee and if you must, then touch up with sandpaper.
I absolutely could NOT do paint prep without these shave hooks - just keep 'em sharp with a belt sander - I bet I've got fifty sharpened to nubs in a drawer.
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Edited 1/30/2008 12:13 pm ET by McDesign
Same here, I use'em constantly.
Also, after getting down to it with them, take hunk of 2'' extruded Poly insulation and make a reverse profile sanding block. That and PSA sandpaper is the deal.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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Yup--I was going to suggest the same thing--was going to call the one a "teardrop-shaped scraper" and didn't know how to describe the other--"batman head-shaped"? Shave hooks--got to remember that term!
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You want a "detail sander". I have a Porter Cable one that's pretty good, but this is a good excuse to buy a Multimaster, even though it costs about 3 times as much.
but before I get started I need to remove some of the old paint drips and burrs, old painted on carpet residue, etc.
A very sharp and smooth scraper is good and carbide holds an edge much better than steel. I used to use a very sharp 2-1/2" carbide scraper for everything, jingerly taking down runs and large brush marks on painted surfaces to avoid breaking off any paint chips. Now I use a cabinet scraper for paint drips and finer work because it takes a very fine shaving.
Together these two tools can prep trim in half the time a Multimaster would need to sand it equally well, not to mention there is no dust, and I own and use a multimaster. The main downside is sharpening the cabinet scraper, but that's easy to do once you get the hang of it.
Don't forget how handy simple razer blades can be when used to scrape a surface.
Good painting
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