I used a heat gun and unfortunately scorched the door a few times :( It looks worse in the photo and should come off with a light sand. I thought it came off really easily though and much better than a chemical stripper. Less messy and I don't like how the chemical stripper makes the timber feel damp! The timber under the paint is in really good condition and all the panelling is nice and straight. I was worried that it was dinted or had been chipped and painted over, but it was actually the layers of paint that must have made it look like that. There was so many...green, yellow, red, blue, yellow again and pink but I think the pink was the first undercoat.
The gas mask really doesn't do much to reduce the fumes from the paint either. Kinda sexy don't ya think ;)
Still got a bit to do and will be back into it on my next Scooby free day! I feel a bit sad that I can't spend more time up there helping but for safety reasons I can't be working while the girl runs about.
So while removing the ceiling linings from the lounge, Trev discovered that the marks on the ceiling were probably from rat pee and not water. Mostly all this grass is from rats and the evidence was many little dehydrated rat carcasses. There was some birds nests up there too, lived in by our little friends from this post but most evidence pointed to rats.
I am most grateful to our ratty friends for insulating our home with their nests, and I thank them for their consideration ;)
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