Paul,
 
I have used the most radical chemicals, trying to remove paint, wax, and other applications from grout lines.  I have learned that there are some jobs that you just have to say no on. I have used methylene chloride on grout lines, and still did not achieve what the home owner called acceptable.  Plus, methylene chloride will take the paint off of anything around.  As for as olvent  based strippers, we have found that Aldon's Premium Stripper to be for better than what you buy in ther stores.
 
Stuart Young
Santa Fe Floor Care
----- Original Message -----
From: Fred Hueston
To: Restoration and Maintenance
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2010 6:50 AM
Subject: RE: [sccpartners] paint on grout lines

Paul

there are some strippers out there that are safe but they take a long time to act. Peel Away works well but you have to let it sit like 12 hours but it works well.

On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 2:50 AM, John Freitag <jfreitag@thestoneandtileschool.com> wrote:

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

 

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www.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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