sandblasting beams?

[kitsmummy]

Has anyone had beams sandblasted before? we have a big room (21' x 14') and all the beams are painted black, which we'd like to get back to natural wood. V grateful if anyone who's had this done can give me an indication of price and how messy it is? Thanks

Are you sure that you ought to be having the beams sandblasted? Are we talking about oak timbers here?

The standard advice is to use specialist paint removal materials designed to remove paint from beams, such as Klingstrip.

This company will take test flakes of paint and advice on the appropriate materials to use to remove them:

www.stripperspaintremovers.com/index.htm

I'm gradually Klingstripping my entire house (or so it feels at times). Cost about £40 or so, messiness very low. I reckon you could do your room in a weekend, but you would feel very fed up at the end of it. I do mine in small patches for an hour or so at a time.

Do be aware that you may not like what you find when you take the paint off. The paint may well be hiding something.

Wow, i haven't heard of that before. With paint removing I'd just envisaged using Nitromors, dripping it in my eyes and blinding myself!

I can't really work out exactly how it works - do you just paint it on and then wash it off with a sponge, or does it peel off somehow?

I think it's definitely worth me getting the trial size at least.

It's surprisingly easy and fun - you put the mix on with a palette knife, put some clingfilm over it, leave for an hour, come back, and the mix peels off, taking the paint with it. Depending on the quality and surface finish of your beams, the paint may all come off instantly when you peel off the mix (which is what happens with bricks), or you may need to scrub at the softened paint with a bit of wire wool (which is what happens with my beams so far, as they're quite lumpy and bumpy).

But, as I say, they may well have had a reason to cover up the beams with black paint...

That sounds like those nose strips which empty out pores, excellent!

Hi there new to this site as I was looking for ways to get paint off beams and came across this, have you seen the You Tube video looks good might try it! Look for beamcleanrestore good luck!

We had beams sandblasted years ago, they were oak and by god it was MESSY. The finished result was amazing though and I'm glad we did it, although we did say that we wouldn't do it again whilst actually living in the property. The contractor came out and tested a small patch to make sure the beams could take it, and to see what colour they would be.