Off the wall Rotex project

[D. Wyatt]

I thought I would see if I could successfully upload some pictures and show a small project which was actually the first project where I used  my RO 125.

I'm doing a never ending basement remodel in my home.  I thought I would keep one of the interior brick walls uncovered but it had been painted several times over the years and I wanted to get it back to the original brick face.  I started with chemical stripping, steel wool and hand scraping.  Slow, messy, strong fumes...just bad news all around.  I had some thoughts about using my belt sander or my small angle grinder but knew the mess would be huge and that I wouldn't like the results.  This is where I left off with my first efforts.

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Then I bought my RO125 and thought I'd give it a whirl on the old brick wall.  I used Sapir 24 for taking most of the paint off and touched it up using some 80 grit Rubin.  I spent a couple of hours Rotexing away and I was done.  No nasty fumes and very little mess especially on a surface that would wasn't ideal for dust collection.  The really great thing was that there was really no airborne fine dust floating around.  ;D  Here's the wall taken down to the brick.

I finished it off by spraying it with a few coats of  shellac.  What can I say but thank you Festool.

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(Edit:  My picture uploading skills obviously need some practice.  :-[
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[John Stevens]

Wow, that is really outstanding!  I'm very impressed by what the Rotex can do, but I'm also impressed by what you had the pluck and energy to try.  Glad it worked out so well for you.  Over the past 80 years, the previous owners put umpteen coats of paint on the brick fireplace in our little living room.  If I still owned my Rotex, your post would have inspired me to do what you did.  Nice job!

Regards,

John

 

[Qwas]

It's good to see the pictures after your description in the other post.

You did good at uploading pictures for a first timer. Practice (and use) makes perfect.

Nice looking job and I like the idea of a couple coats of shellac.

 

[semenza]

Hi,

    Isn't it great to find the right tool for a job. And then have it work really, really, well. So that the amount of time and effort is reduced to the point were it hardly seems like work!    Looks great

Seth

 

[D. Wyatt]

Wow, that is really outstanding!  I'm very impressed by what the Rotex can do, but I'm also impressed by what you had the pluck and energy to try.  Glad it worked out so well for you.  Over the past 80 years, the previous owners put umpteen coats of paint on the brick fireplace in our little living room.   If I still owned my Rotex, your post would have inspired me to do what you did.  Nice job!

Regards,

John

Thanks, John.  There's still about 50' of wall that I could attack but I'm just going to turn the corner and finish off that last foot.

I love my Rotex, that's for sure.

Darrin

 

[monte]

Great job!!

how many (24 grit discs) did it take to do that wall??

 

[D. Wyatt]

It's good to see the pictures after your description in the other post.

You did good at uploading pictures for a first timer. Practice (and use) makes perfect.

Nice looking job and I like the idea of a couple coats of shellac.

I read through the tutorial several times and thought I had it down pat.  I agree about the practice.  Nothing about computers comes very easy for me but once I've done something a few times it becomes second nature.

Yeah, I had some partial cans of shellac and Hybivar setting around and I needed to seal it down with something.  Chose the way cheaper option and it turned out OK.

 

[D. Wyatt]

Hi,

    Isn't it great to find the right tool for a job. And then have it work really, really, well. So that the amount of time and effort is reduced to the point were it hardly seems like work!    Looks great

Seth

Thanks, Seth.  I almost hate to admit it but it worked so well I was actually having fun. 

Darrin

 

[D. Wyatt]

Great job!!

how many (24 grit discs) did it take to do that wall??

Monte,

I used four disks.  I would use a fresh disk to get a majority of the paint off.  After a while I could tell that it wasn't stripping as well and would switch to a new one and then go back over the areas that needed some more clean up with a used disk.

All the disks that I used except one still had plenty of life in them for less strenuous tasks so I used them for other things.  That Sapir is some very heavy duty stuff.

Darrin