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5459
That's good to here. Don't forget to bring your carbide tipped scrapers !! The windows and sills may also be repairable using abatron....
Race Dowling
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May 1, 2006
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... I wonder if that's why there are still so many idiot drivers alive today. It was the ethyl they inhaled when they were children! There's no other...
Race Dowling
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May 1, 2006
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5461
Good tips Race, How easy is it to use this abatron product? Can it be molded and does it bond well with the wood surfaces we are trying to rebuild? At the...
Heidi
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May 1, 2006
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Tom, I just planted two apple trees - a Granny Smith and a Jonathan (the pollinator) due to finding a perfectly good lard/cider press at the dump sitting...
jan canyon
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May 1, 2006
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Hi Jan You were lucky I just bought two of lard/cider press and sold them on Ebay. They are popular and I need to save one for my house. Enterprise was the...
Tom
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May 1, 2006
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Hi Jan You were lucky I just bought two of lard/cider press and sold them on Ebay. They are popular and I need to save one for my house. Enterprise was the...
Tom
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May 1, 2006
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Congratulations Jan...sounds like you will be busy...but it is rewarding work....good luck with your tomatoes...nothing like your own garden....I had one for...
Heidi
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May 2, 2006
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... Very, Yes and Yes. Please go to www.abatron.com. This set of products is the cadillac of wood reconstruction. You must follow the instructions if you want...
Race Dowling
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May 3, 2006
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Thanks Race...I had gone online and searched abatron and learned quite a bit. I am hoping to find some workshops in our MA area to attend......Heidi ... ...
Heidi
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May 3, 2006
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We have guidelines in our city about lead paint removal and heat is not allowed or considered safe. We used a product called Star 10 and did what we could...
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May 4, 2006
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Great leads....thank you....Heidi ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam...
Heidi
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May 4, 2006
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Gads, maybe that is why this town is filled with people over 90! I don't want to live that long! Yikes! Tom - I found a junk shop that must have a dozen of...
jan canyon
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May 4, 2006
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5471
If they are cheap I sure would Jan you might want to check the tractor seats to you might have a picked up one cheap that is worth some money. Now the stamped...
Tom
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May 4, 2006
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5472
On a episode of This Old House they showed a paint specialist removing lead paint from inside and out of a house. He used a liquid formula which he sprayed on ...
Heidi
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May 9, 2006
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Heidi, I thought of you this past weekend. A friend took me to an auction. There was sold a dry sink/hutch cabinet that would have been perfect for your...
Jere Jenkins
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May 9, 2006
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For anyone using a smelly remover, 3M makes a respirator that is not too expensive and is relativley comfortable to wear. There are several types of filters,...
Jere Jenkins
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May 9, 2006
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I would like to hear from anyone who has used a soy-based paint remover. I know they take a long time to work but do they work well (aside from it taking so...
Kim
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May 9, 2006
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Serious lead abatement is generally not for the homeowner. That being said, just about any paint remover can be sprayed on - it will say on the label....
Race Dowling
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May 9, 2006
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... Nope. The orange stuff doesn't work either. I've never got them to penetrate. They may work on newer paints, but you'll never get off the old layers found...
Race Dowling
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May 9, 2006
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Thank you so very much Jere for thinking of me. How are you and your daughter doing? Any success with your daughter's school or do I have to drive there myself...
Heidi
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May 10, 2006
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5479
Thanks Race, I am trying to learn where I can rent a more professional paint sprayer..this Old House painter was using a container with a wand applicator...
Heidi
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May 10, 2006
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I've more heard of these sprayers than have used them. Usually there's one person who does the spray work while a couple of other people afterwards follow up...
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May 10, 2006
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Mario, This sprayer is used to apply a liquid paint remover not apply paint. Any ideas of where I can rent such apparatus?....Heidi ... ...
Heidi
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May 10, 2006
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5482
Hi Heidi I have seen some paint removers come with the spray apparatus but I haven't lately. I think they found that since the sprayer makes a fine mist that...
Tom
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May 10, 2006
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Yikes...thanks for the tip..it looked like a good idea on T.V, but I guess in practicum it is not...back to the drawing board....the weather is horrible hear ...
Heidi
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May 10, 2006
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5484
whoops! but given my bad luck with stripper, I don't think I'd spray the stuff, as it's noxious enough without getting it airborne. Again, a brush works great...
mariowalling
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May 10, 2006
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Buon giorno Mario, You and Tom seem to agree with the toxicity of the paint strippers and you both don't advise applying a stripper using a sprayer. I have...
Heidi
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May 10, 2006
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5486
I have tried the "natural and soy based strippers" and found them to be a huge waste of time and money. They are products for the allergy obsessed. Take too...
jan canyon
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May 10, 2006
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Welcome Heidi I use Zip Strip it is semi paste and works good on furniture but haven't used it on exterior items so can't say how it will work. Be sure to wear...
Tom
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May 10, 2006
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Hi Jan and all. Well, this might make you feel better. I recently got an estimate in conjunction with some other work we are doing on our home (1856...
Cindy Province
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