Chemical Stripping

We specialise in using a low pressure sand jetting system that has been used nationwide for property restoration, including gaining approval for and subsequently working on many Listed Buildings. The system, in our trained hands, causes minimal damage to an underlying surface and is flexible enough to tackle most property restoration cleaning tasks. The low pressure sand jet can clean stone without injecting large quantities of water into the surface, and with minimal surface damage, at the same time, the 'wet' system also captures dirt and abrasive, preventing the health and safety risks associated with dry blasting. That being so, there are times when chemical stripping is needed. It can be considerably cleaner to use than abrasive cleaning, although generally the stripping solvents return paint to its liquid state, and therefore reintroduce the mess potential of paint. In general this is the technique to use for minimal surface damage. However, pressure washing is the most cost effective method for chemical and paint removal, some pointing etc may be lost. Paint stripping by chemical is much slower than abrasive cleaning, but conversely, in general, less labour intensive. The chemical is generally applied on one day, and washed off the next, but multiple applications of chemical may be required. A further datasheet is here Subsequent cleaning with the sand jet can remove the final remains of paint.

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