Full speed in the renovation of our new house from the happy 70s.
Working on the basement section. There were wooden studs against the wall, insulation, plastic, and then paneling.
And just finished the first room where I tore out the studs and insulation. Scraped off all the old paint (father-in-law said it was plastic paint that must be removed) then I applied new fiber plaster and embedded the fiber mesh. The final step is to paint with breathable silicate paint.
Now to my question. The work I did consisted of 50% scraping off old paint with a paint scraper/knife. Tried with an angle grinder and diamond blade but it just melted onto the blade.
And on the wall that was not against the façade, there was some type of textured putty (see image) that I scraped off with a putty knife and chisel.
There must be a faster/easier way?
At Krauta I only got tips about some paint solvent that smelled terrible and barely made any difference.
Fingers crossed that there's a renovation guru here or someone who's done something similar who can give some tips
Working on the basement section. There were wooden studs against the wall, insulation, plastic, and then paneling.
And just finished the first room where I tore out the studs and insulation. Scraped off all the old paint (father-in-law said it was plastic paint that must be removed) then I applied new fiber plaster and embedded the fiber mesh. The final step is to paint with breathable silicate paint.
Now to my question. The work I did consisted of 50% scraping off old paint with a paint scraper/knife. Tried with an angle grinder and diamond blade but it just melted onto the blade.
And on the wall that was not against the façade, there was some type of textured putty (see image) that I scraped off with a putty knife and chisel.
There must be a faster/easier way?
At Krauta I only got tips about some paint solvent that smelled terrible and barely made any difference.
Fingers crossed that there's a renovation guru here or someone who's done something similar who can give some tips
Try a Grinding Disc/PCD Cup/Wheel with Carbide Teeth on the angle grinder. On the walls in the basement where the plaster was 100% healthy, the diamond wheel worked better for me, but on the wall where the plaster was a bit moisture-damaged and soft, the grinding disc was insanely much faster.
