Found a piece of furniture at a reclamation yard and want to find gorgeous wood beneath the layers of paint? Get stripping, and reveal all with our step-by-step guide to removing paint from woodwork. Use this guide for stripping paint from all around the house, too.
Half a day.
From around £17 for an electric heat gun; or, from around £5 for 500ml of paint stripper.
Basic. There are three ways to remove paint from woodwork: sanding (messy, but effective on lightly painted surfaces), an electric hot air gun (quick over large areas), or chemical stripper (very messy but a good option if you are trying to budge awkward to reach or stubborn paint). You will need to wear safety goggles and a mask, plus rubber gloves if you’re using chemical strippers.
Sandpaper and sanding block or mechanical sander, or electric hot air gun, or chemical stripper; safety goggles; mask; rubber gloves; stripping knife; wire wool; dust sheets.
Before you start stripping, be aware of the need to take precautions with lead-containing paint. Most paint before 1960 contained lead, so if you are removing paint from doors, banisters, windows and so on in an older home, or if you have a piece of old furniture, check out the advice at www.coatings.org.uk.
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