Started by tidying up another door jamb this morning. It was a nightmare because it was caked with varnish that the heat gun can't remove. Look at that glove... that's why you want them. That was only the beginning of the mess. Syrupy, tarry gunk everywhere that then sets hard. This was after hitting it with paint stripper. As I've already explained, stripper is just solvent. You let the DCM sit for twenty minutes and it dissolves the crosslinks in the paint that turn it into a film when it sets, making it go all flaky and mushy.
I had to soak this frame with acetone and broke two spray bottles in the process, using up about four litres of it. I now have a drug labs supply of it for doing the varnish removal, about 30l I picked up at the bulk price of 7.50 per 5l, 99%+ pure. Shame so much of this bottle ended up in my eyes, on the floor and up my nose. Lucky it's not very dangerous eh! Took about three hours working fast to solvent strip most of the remaining mess.
Also got a phone call from the minidigger guys to say "Guess what John! I'm dropping it off tomorrow at 8am!". About half a week earlier than planned. Took the door back off it's hinges and tidied the garden to get anything important or expensive out of the diggers path. Also secured the ramp a little more, but I dunno.... it's going to need some careful driving for sure.
Got a hydraulic breaker pack on order to smash up the remaining concrete and I'll sort a skip tomorrow.
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