got to be very careful with this method. If you don't have a steady hand and don't keep the grinder perfectly level it will leave the concrete surface uneven and with visible swirls and gouges. it's better to have someone come in and sand blast the paint off.
🦘🦘🦘🦘 ... I found this GREAT IDEA on another site & want to share it if anyone has this same problem & how to fix it. I had a terracotta pot with a wonderful indented fancy pattern etched into it when it was made, around the top & bottom sections of the sides of the pot. It had been well painted with thick black paint then sprayed over with a tough shiny, hard, silver paint over the black, but ONLY on one side of the pot!! I wanted to strip the paint to return it to pure terracotta again & fully preserve the pattern. ................ I read that full strength 🌿🦘EUCALYPTUS OIL🦘🌿 dissolves paint. I found a 50ml bottle in my cupboard & used an old toothbrush to brush in & massage into the paint: small amounts of pure Euc oil. I let it work into the paint, scrubbing it in. Soon the top silver layer dissolved away so I dripped on more oil & used old tooth brush to scrub into the black paint within the intricate etched pattern. Soon the black paint turned to tar like substance as it softened & mixed with Euc oil. I used a small wire brush & a few squirts of WD40 to scrub away the softened tar like thick black paint. WD40 will not work by itself on paint, only use to remove the tar like paint after Euc oil works. It does not take a lot of Euc Oil, use sparingly drop by drop. Clean brushes of build up if needed, with turpentine or WD40 & rub with old rag. Worked well. Used an angle grinder scrub pad on large smooth portion of pot. Wiped it with a good smear of Euc oil & left to soften, then used angle grinder with pad & it came off in one buzz. Cheers.
have ye thought about hiring these dancers...put sandpaper on the soles of their shoes and let them dance on the concrete for a few hours imgur.com/hZ79RCP.jpgi
Sounds logical til you actually do it. The water turns the dust into gunk and it’s a mess to work with. It’s better to use an angle grinder shroud instead with a shop vac.
Could you not of just carrying the grinder around to the front instead of walking back around to show us it.....at the way you were talking I thought it was a machine you had
Wow, thank you for this video. After some flooding, I need to take off two layers of paint that had bubbled and lifted on the concrete floor in our basement, to prep the surface for dry-lock paint application. Had tried an orbital sander but was wondering if there was a way to remove the stuff more quickly...this looks like the answer. Appreciate the info very much!
If it's oil based paint yes but Acetone is not compatible with water. And it depends on the surface. A scrubber could work on rough surfaces on very small areas of paint removal but for large areas, you would be scrubbing for ever. And on smooth surfaces, you'll visibly scuff up the concrete.
Curious if you tried using a concrete stripper at all in conjunction with the power washing or was it power washing alone before you decided to use the diamond head? Thanks for posting!
Acetone works and a wire brush 🪥
I'd pay somebody $100 to do my garage floor.
got to be very careful with this method. If you don't have a steady hand and don't keep the grinder perfectly level it will leave the concrete surface uneven and with visible swirls and gouges. it's better to have someone come in and sand blast the paint off.
Doing it the hard way
🦘🦘🦘🦘 ... I found this GREAT IDEA on another site & want to share it if anyone has this same problem & how to fix it. I had a terracotta pot with a wonderful indented fancy pattern etched into it when it was made, around the top & bottom sections of the sides of the pot. It had been well painted with thick black paint then sprayed over with a tough shiny, hard, silver paint over the black, but ONLY on one side of the pot!! I wanted to strip the paint to return it to pure terracotta again & fully preserve the pattern. ................ I read that full strength 🌿🦘EUCALYPTUS OIL🦘🌿 dissolves paint. I found a 50ml bottle in my cupboard & used an old toothbrush to brush in & massage into the paint: small amounts of pure Euc oil. I let it work into the paint, scrubbing it in. Soon the top silver layer dissolved away so I dripped on more oil & used old tooth brush to scrub into the black paint within the intricate etched pattern. Soon the black paint turned to tar like substance as it softened & mixed with Euc oil. I used a small wire brush & a few squirts of WD40 to scrub away the softened tar like thick black paint. WD40 will not work by itself on paint, only use to remove the tar like paint after Euc oil works. It does not take a lot of Euc Oil, use sparingly drop by drop. Clean brushes of build up if needed, with turpentine or WD40 & rub with old rag. Worked well. Used an angle grinder scrub pad on large smooth portion of pot. Wiped it with a good smear of Euc oil & left to soften, then used angle grinder with pad & it came off in one buzz. Cheers.
The best, fastest and easiest way, use a lot of hot water and scrub with a strong brush and finish without using acetone or any other chemical.
You guys don’t know what you are doing
have ye thought about hiring these dancers...put sandpaper on the soles of their shoes and let them dance on the concrete for a few hours imgur.com/hZ79RCP.jpgi
And thats why it cost $30 because it barely took anything off lmao a good one il cost around 70 and does the job pretty quick
They want to buy two 🤣🤘🤣
no hearing protection
but if the paint was adhering so well cant you just overpaint? I'm stripping a driveway now & its a big pita.
I think if u put water down first the blades would last longer and decrease concrete dust
would that be safe since the Diamond Blade is plugged in.
Sounds logical til you actually do it. The water turns the dust into gunk and it’s a mess to work with. It’s better to use an angle grinder shroud instead with a shop vac.
Just make sure it's plugged in to a GFI outlet.
Why sure
Aircraft paint remover allowed me to scrape off 4 layers of paint on a 100 year old house. Lot's of work, but far less dust
Literally the comment I needed to see for our craftsman home. Thank you.
Does that dude with the grinder not have any ear plugs lol
What
I don't see it
And we have floods 😂😂😂
Could you not of just carrying the grinder around to the front instead of walking back around to show us it.....at the way you were talking I thought it was a machine you had
Tried 3 types of commercial paint stripper with poor results.
Does it work with rocks under the concrete still?
Wow, thank you for this video. After some flooding, I need to take off two layers of paint that had bubbled and lifted on the concrete floor in our basement, to prep the surface for dry-lock paint application. Had tried an orbital sander but was wondering if there was a way to remove the stuff more quickly...this looks like the answer. Appreciate the info very much!
Ebey 35$
Megaloder isi remowe paint.
How about acetone, a grill scrubber and water?
If it's oil based paint yes but Acetone is not compatible with water. And it depends on the surface. A scrubber could work on rough surfaces on very small areas of paint removal but for large areas, you would be scrubbing for ever. And on smooth surfaces, you'll visibly scuff up the concrete.
Thanks. Didn't know about those grinding wheels
Curious if you tried using a concrete stripper at all in conjunction with the power washing or was it power washing alone before you decided to use the diamond head? Thanks for posting!
call a dustless blaster next time, you'll be glad you did.
same !!!! LOL !!!!