Removing so much Paint

Minibiker · Monday at 18:22

Hi all

We moved into my wife's childhood home a couple of months back and we're in the process of decorating room by room, we're getting a new bathroom fitted within the next 2 or 3 weeks but want to get paint of the walls...

Basically the issue is, her dad painted on top of paint about 3 or 4 times and it's gonna be a pain to get of I imagine, Does anyone have any tips as to making it easier to remove please?

Thanks

ttaskmaster · Monday at 20:01

Heat gun and scraper.
I would have suggested Nitro Mors, but with the nerfed formula they use these days you'd be better off with something stronger like your creepy uncle's Brut aftershave.

Minibiker · Monday at 20:14

ttaskmaster said:
Heat gun and scraper.
I would have suggested Nitro Mors, but with the nerfed formula they use these days you'd be better off with something stronger like your creepy uncle's Brut aftershave.

I'll see if I can get a heat gun from someone, need to get it stripped pretty soon

Diggsy · Monday at 20:40

Not sure I’d remove the paint to be honest. Probably just sand it to key the surface then prep and paint away. Full paint removal sounds like more trouble than it’s worth… unless of course you need to remove the base coats because they are failing to adhere or something

Minibiker · Monday at 20:41

Diggsy said:
Not sure I’d remove the paint to be honest. Probably just sand it to key the surface then prep and paint away. Full paint removal sounds like more trouble than it’s worth… unless of course you need to remove the base coats because they are failing to adhere or something

Would this be a case of sanding the whole room? We removed the cabinet he had on the wall and it's revealed, two layers of blue (different shades) and the current colour on top

dholdi · Monday at 20:44

Are you asking about walls or woodwork ?

Minibiker · Monday at 20:48

dholdi said:
Are you asking about walls or woodwork ?

Off the walls in the bathroom

Participant · Monday at 21:04

I would either SBR bond then skim it with multifinish, or if walls not flat remove plaster back to brick and board. If you want to do it properly anyway.

Not many situations I'd be removing paint from a wall unless painted wallpaper.

Diggsy · Monday at 21:12

As above - unless the walls are really poor, I’d honestly just key them, level off the bit that needs levelled, then paint away. No real reason why you can’t paint continually on top, unless the paint below is losing its adherence to the wall, or there is an incompatibility between paint finishes… usually the latter can be resolved with a suitable primer / prep.

Fluke? · Tuesday at 19:26

If using a heat gun in a carpeted room make sure you protect the floor.. I found that to my peril when I decided to strip the paint on the door frames in our new-to-us house several years ago. New carpet nicely singed in so many rooms. Yes, I'm a slow learner.... :/

Pooh · 2026-03-13T06:11:29+0000

This

"I would either SBR bond then skim it with multifinish, or if walls not flat remove plaster back to brick and board. If you want to do it properly anyway.

Not many situations I'd be removing paint from a wall unless painted wallpaper."