Remove Paint From Sandstone Fireplace

Continue scrubbing until all paint is removed.

Remove paint from sandstone fireplace.

When working outdoors you can avoid the tedium of stripping by using a sandblaster but that procedure is too invasive to use in your living room. If you have a sandstone hearth or sandstone tiles on your floor sweep them off before doing a deep clean. Dip a piece of steel wool in the paint stripper. Sweep all loose dirt and debris off of the surface.

With will get rid of loose debris on the surface and will make cleaning easier. Heavy paint coverage should be removed only with a commercial heavy liquid paint stripper available from hardware stores and paint centers. Paint may be exceedingly hard to remove from porous stone types especially where thickly applied historic paints have been used. Prepping the stone fireplace for painting is probably the most important part of doing the job right.

If your interior sandstone surfaces are not on the floor such as if you have a sandstone counter top use a dry towel or a small hand held brush to wipe. Rinse the stone by dipping a sponge into clean water. If stripping paint from wood is tedious stripping it from a brick or stone fireplace can only be described as more tedious. Rub the surface of the stone with the steel wool to remove any residual traces of the paint.

Chemical paint removers can cause health risks and lead based paint is a hazardous waste. Continue scraping the paint until most has been removed. Do not use acids or flame tools to strip paint from stone. Paint strippers can etch the surface of the stone.

I find it easier to peel sections after a few days of rain but once it has started to dry out a bit then it seems to come off easily off the stone. These strippers normally contain caustic soda or lye. Remove everything from the fireplace and from around the work area such as fireplace screens and tools and any decorative items. Removing paint will always cause some damage to the stone carry out a test patch first.

Determining my course of action for removing the paint from my fireplace took hours of online research. Here s how i restored this fireplace to its original beauty for just 300. My sandstone is quite old and crumbly so as time is going by it is getting easier to peel the paint but i am finding that the stone in generally is crumbling away a bit more. Scrape away the softened paint with a scraper.

Re polishing may be necessary. Tools for my fireplace refresh.