Buildings

Window frames, cills, doors and door frames can all be successfully de-painted by Soda Blasting.  A multi paned window unit, for example, that has had numerous coats of paint during its lifetime would be almost impossible to completely strip back to bare wood. The options would be:

1. To spend hours with a blow torch and scraper , with the risk of scorching the wood, or worse, cracking some glass.
2. Mechanically scraping off the paint with the help of a chemical stripper which, depending on the profile of the frame, could take longer than with a torch and would, almost certainly, leave some evidence of paint remaining.
3. Remove the window unit and have the paint removed by submersion in a chemical (usually caustic) tank for several hours. The downside of this method, apart from having to remove the unit in the first place, is that there is a lengthy drying period before re-painting , a great risk of the glue in the joints failing and also a risk of the window unit warping. There would also still be the window frame itself and the cill to de-paint

Another option would be Soda Blasting :

An average six paned window unit, including outer frame and cill can be completely stripped of all paint and primers in less than 15 minutes – without distortion and without the risk of damage to glass.
Soda blasting can remove paint and varnish from doors, fire surrounds, staircases, beams and all other interior and exterior woodwork with the same advantages.

Furniture

Soda Blasting is especially effective in the removal of paint, varnish, old polish etc from Antique furniture, particularly pieces constructed from hardwoods such as mahogany, oak etc.
Garden furniture, also, can be rid of flaking varnish and old paint and given a new lease of life quickly and efficiently

This nice little oak chair was stripped of its heavy varnish coating in very little time.

This painted chest of drawers was also stripped back to an unmarked oak finish.

Wardrobe doors                       Bar Stool

Varnished Teak windows and doors

 Selection of Doors, Shutters and Architraves from Convent

This was a job that came in recently where the owner had purchased some salvage from a Convent that had been demolished. All the wood was coated with multiple layers of gloss paint and was a mixture of pitch pine and a much softer pine. Due to the high cost of caustic stripping by dipping and also the damage that can be caused by the process, it was decided to blast clean everything.The final result, as you can see below, was really good and, because it was dry blasted, there was no damage to the joints or swelling so everything was ready for waxing.