Remove Paint From Sandstone Fireplace

Determining my course of action for removing the paint from my fireplace took hours of online research.

Remove paint from sandstone fireplace.

If you have a sandstone hearth or sandstone tiles on your floor sweep them off before doing a deep clean. Here s how i restored this fireplace to its original beauty for just 300. Tools for my fireplace refresh. These strippers normally contain caustic soda or lye.

Rub the surface of the stone with the steel wool to remove any residual traces of the paint. Paint strippers can etch the surface of the stone. Paint may be exceedingly hard to remove from porous stone types especially where thickly applied historic paints have been used. Continue scraping the paint until most has been removed.

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. Sweep all loose dirt and debris off of the surface. Remove everything from the fireplace and from around the work area such as fireplace screens and tools and any decorative items. 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.

Heavy paint coverage should be removed only with a commercial heavy liquid paint stripper available from hardware stores and paint centers. Continue scrubbing until all paint is removed. Use painter s tape to mask around the mantle or any adjacent area that you want to remain paint free. Re polishing may be necessary.

Removing paint will always cause some damage to the stone carry out a test patch first. Do not use acids or flame tools to strip paint from stone. Heat can also quickly remove paint from wood but not from stone. Prepping the stone fireplace for painting is probably the most important part of doing the job right.

Scrape away the softened paint with a scraper. With will get rid of loose debris on the surface and will make cleaning easier. 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. 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. After spending hours on google we concluded that removing paint from the fireplace was indeed possible.