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21st Mar 2022, 10:57 pm | #1 |
Triode
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Vintage Berry Magicoal Electric Fire: Removing Paint
I have quite an old Berry Magicoal electric fire, that I have acquired, which is in great working order and condition, except that it was painted with green Hammerite paint at some time of its life. The original colour of the fire is the usual gold type metallic paint finish done by Berry at the time. I have added an image of a similar model as mine, including the same colour. Is it possible to remove the Hammerite paint without damaging the original paint underneath, which I would like to keep? If it is possible, could you tell me how to remove the paint?
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21st Mar 2022, 11:15 pm | #2 |
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Re: Vintage Berry Magicoal Electric Fire: Removing Paint
I think first you will need find out what the origional paint makeup is. Hammerite is a very tough coating and can be removed, but may damage the origional paint underneath.
Second, why was it painted in the fisrt place?. To suit the house decore? , or was the origional paint damaged in some way?. Joe |
21st Mar 2022, 11:28 pm | #3 |
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Re: Vintage Berry Magicoal Electric Fire: Removing Paint
Hello, Joe,
The person I bought it from said that he couldn't remove the original paint with paint stripper, so he painted it with Hammerite. That was 35 years ago. If he couldn't remove the original paint, then it must be some type of 'baked on paint' maybe? He said he simply painted it because he didn't like the colour. He also said there was no damage to the original paint. Such a shame, really. |
21st Mar 2022, 11:43 pm | #4 |
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Re: Vintage Berry Magicoal Electric Fire: Removing Paint
If so, then you could try some paint stripper in an area that if it doesnt work, or causes damage, will not be visible.
As I said in my fisrt post, hammerite is a very tough light industrial paint and sticks accordingly!!. It may take a little elbow grease as well as paint stripper to achieve a decent job. Good luck. Joe |
21st Mar 2022, 11:54 pm | #5 |
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Re: Vintage Berry Magicoal Electric Fire: Removing Paint
Thanks, Joe, I'll try that.
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22nd Mar 2022, 9:32 am | #6 |
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Re: Vintage Berry Magicoal Electric Fire: Removing Paint
Just a thought but if attempting to remove the hammerite paint damaged the original paint, then one way back would be to find an unpainted area of original paint and match that with some new paint and repaint over the existing Hammerite paint after roughing up the surface a bit to get a good kee and a smooth base for the new paint.
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22nd Mar 2022, 10:52 am | #7 |
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Re: Vintage Berry Magicoal Electric Fire: Removing Paint
Hammerite is just that!!. It has a hammered finish. If the origional paint was not textured, it will be after painting over the hammerite, which is textured.
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22nd Mar 2022, 3:40 pm | #8 |
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Re: Vintage Berry Magicoal Electric Fire: Removing Paint
You could try using the Hammerite brush cleaner and thinners, which can be used to thin the paint for spraying. Again try an unseen area first, otherwise perhaps an email to the manufacturers for advice.
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22nd Mar 2022, 3:56 pm | #9 |
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Re: Vintage Berry Magicoal Electric Fire: Removing Paint
i guess that will be the old version off hammerite its thinners was xylene, you can get that in a pure form so might do the job
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22nd Mar 2022, 4:07 pm | #10 | |
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Re: Vintage Berry Magicoal Electric Fire: Removing Paint
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That type of finish is almost impossible to destroy with a caustic remover! Dave, USradcoll1, |
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22nd Mar 2022, 4:49 pm | #11 |
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Re: Vintage Berry Magicoal Electric Fire: Removing Paint
My son swears by a paint stripper called Peelaway. He has used it successfully on several things from woodwork to cast iron fireplaces. However - as a teenager I used paint stripper on a chair which I put into an enamelled bath to "keep it safe" whilst being applied. It removed the surface on the bath where it touched so even enamel isn't proof against strong paint stripper.
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22nd Mar 2022, 8:09 pm | #12 |
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Re: Vintage Berry Magicoal Electric Fire: Removing Paint
Thank you all for your great answers. I'll try out your methods.
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23rd Mar 2022, 9:51 am | #13 |
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Re: Vintage Berry Magicoal Electric Fire: Removing Paint
Remember that with paints, the solvent used for thinning won't neccesarily do anything. That's because most paint doesn't simply dry, but cures. That means it changes chemically. It's a good job that's the case because there are products that are painted using a water based paint, and then spend most of the time outside. If the original solvent (water) would remove the paint they would become bare metal in the first rain shower.
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