Paul,
It would have been better to walk away from the job in the beginning, I learned a long time ago it’s sometime better to walk than face the risks of the job. Now that I have preached to you unfortunately the only way you are going to remove everything is doing what you have been doing use a paint stripper, suggest opening doors windows , wear long sleeves and possible use a respirator, paint stripper are tough to work with.
Suggest you alert the customer that the wood work may be damaged due to the products you now have to use. If customer refuses to give you a sign off you may elect to walk from this one. Many years ago I had a job where I needed to use paint stripper and I wish I would have walked form the job. The customer made a claim to my insurance carrier and it cost the insurance company over $75k to settle.
One thing everyone needs to know if your insurance carrier can prove the chemical became air borne it could be considered a pollutant and insurance carriers do not cover pollutants.
Wish I could give you a better way
John E. Freitag
President/Director
The Stone and Tile School
Office 407-567-7652
Cell 407-615-0134
jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com
From: PBunis@aol.com [mailto:PBunis@aol.com]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 10:29 PM
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Subject: [sccpartners] paint on grout lines
OK Partners, here's a good one for you. I have a customer who recently purchased a house. Seems that the seller didn't like the tile and grout in the kitchen so he painted the grout lines black. that's right, he painted em. on my test, I used Ultra strip and the paint came off so I gave her a price and got the job. After that, I found most of the rest of the floor impossible to strip with this product. It seems that before they used the paint, they tried waxing the grout and didn't care for that look either. At any rate, I tried a serious paint stripper which worked, but the methylene chloride burned my skin and I hated it. I have to go back on Tuesday and finish the job. Any suggestions on a product that will strip paint on grout without killing me ??
Paul Bunis
Xtremeclean Tile - Boston Stone Restoration
Specialty Stone Care
781-793-0700
617-719-8454
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