How To Remove Paint From Door Hinges

If you want to strip paint from metal without the nasty fumes and mess of chemical strippers just fill a slow cooker with water and set the dial to high.

How to remove paint from door hinges.

Heat gun putty knife scraper or 5 in 1 painter s tool gloves detail nylon or wire brush pliers or metal tongs sheet metal fine grit sandpaper and or steel wool. Cover with water add a couple of tablespoons of liquid laundry detergent and turn the heat to medium. Plastic scraper mine was a pampered chef scraper that came with a stone purchase. Put on the lid and let the contents of the pot cook all night.

Remove paint from door hinges supplies. While wearing gloves i used my heat gun to loosen up the dried on paint. Toothpicks for getting in those tiny creases 4. How to easily remove dry paint from unwanted places forgot to remove the hardware during a recent paint job and slobbered a bit of latex paint on the door knobs.

Use plastic tongs to remove hardware from the crockpot without scratching it. Great because they don t scratch. I placed the first knob outside and per the instructions on the bottle sprayed the knob down and let it sit for 15 minutes. Instead of replacing the hardware so it looks clean how about cleaning off the old paint instead.

I held the hinge in place with my needlenose pliers. Place the hardware in the crockpot. The next day the paint will be soft and ready to fall off the metal. Magic eraser the original works better i m using another brand cause i had it on hand 2.

I also used the pliers to flip it over so i could heat up the other side as well. Once you have the hinge off place it on your protected surface. For individual pieces of hardware such as a door hinge place a washcloth or other type of soft cloth that has been soaked in the hot water soda mixture over the piece of hardware for a few minutes to loosen the paint. Or perhaps the painters before you did and now the paint has been dried on there for 10 15 even 20 years.

Soak painted hardware in hot water to loosen many layers of paint and make cleaning much easier.