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RE: Pressure washer to strip exterior paint?

To: kennedybc@mediaone.net, bk13@earthlink.net, shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Pressure washer to strip exterior paint?
From: jmark.vanscoter@amd.com
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 10:34:11 -0600
The pressure washer worked great for me when I helped my father repaint his 
house. We remove a fair amount of old paint with it too. Just let the wood dry 
before painting and everything will be great!

Mark V.S. in Austin, TX

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Kennedy [mailto:kennedybc@mediaone.net]

Brian, I've heard that the pressure washer gets the wood pretty wet and the
paint doesn't adhere as well.
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> From: Brian Kemp <bk13@earthlink.net>
> 
> I'm planning to paint the house this summer and want to make the prep as easy
> as
> possible.  Most of the house is stucco in good condition, but the paint on the
> trim and carport is in poor shape and flaking off.
> 
> Since much of the area is the carport roof (2x10 joists covered with plywood
> and
> a new roof), scraping overhead is not a task I look forward to.  I was
> thinking
> a pressure washer might make the job of removing the old paint easier.  Has
> anyone gone this route and did it work?  I know I will need to do some
> scraping
> and sanding and let everything dry thoroughly before priming and repainting.
> 
> I'm looking at an electric Karcher model 395M listed at 1400 PSI and 1.6 GPM.
> 
> Thanks,

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