I guess I can rent one? But my 60 year old house has a LOT of old paint, and I think I’ll be finding myself stripping nearly the entire house at some point.
I’m facing a stubborn door now, but have several other doors coming my way, plus a lot of nasty walls.
Milwaukee. I used to work in an industrial environment where we used heat guns everyday and the Milwaukee guns were always the best. I’d recommend getting the accessory kit as well, so that you can direct the heat as necessary.
Doubt this is the cheapest place to buy from, but it shows the guns and accessory kit:
http://www.toolbarn.com/power-tools/electric-tools/heat-guns.html?manufacturer=245
The 11.6 amp dual temp is what we used.
The absolute best heat related paint stripping device I have ever encountered is an infrared lamp. I have used this one with the best success.
http://www.silentpaintremover.com/
You will need to be sure to have really good ventilation - use it outside if possible - especially with lead based paint. I’ve used it on both flat surfaces and profiled surfaces like window mullions and casement trim. You still have to scrape, but the infrared heat literally breaks the bond between the paint and the original substrate making the scraping much easier and requiring very little effort.
Not one to counter Dave, but I’ve done two entire houses with two cheapo Wagner heat guns. One is still alive - not bad for twentyninebucks.
I like the fan in the guns. After you’ve done a few square yards, you’ll figger out a few of your own tricks, one of which is the use of the air blowing from the gun - as it will help roll the paint away from the substrate over your scraper.
Heat is indeed the way to go.