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Shedendman
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Tile over it
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Smallfry
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Angle grinder with a twisted knot wire brush ?
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Give the mrs an angle grinder and twisted wire knot brush. You can guarantee the soot will be accepted as charm
I’ll give that a try if I can’t persuade her that it’s part of the charm. Best go and get the grinder now.
MattF. Thanks for rotating my photo. I spent ages trying to do it but it nevertheless happened.
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Best you don't mention calling her a 'Grinder'!I’ll give that a try if I can’t persuade her that it’s part of the charm. Best go and get the grinder now.
As others have said, the staining does kind of add to the charm of the fireplace in its former use.I’ll give that a try if I can’t persuade her that it’s part of the charm. Best go and get the grinder now.
A wire knot brush with an angle grinder behind it might do it but bare in mind you'll be creating dust that has oil/tar mixed, that stuff can spot stain anything it touches.
Have a go with a real stiff wire brush first.
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I wonder if dry ice blasting could be used?
I was watching a program the other day where they used it to remove a coating from an oak frame...it was seriously impressive.
I was watching a program the other day where they used it to remove a coating from an oak frame...it was seriously impressive.
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I can just imagine the handbagging you will be getting.I’ll give that a try if I can’t persuade her that it’s part of the charm. Best go and get the grinder now.
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becareful with old chimneys old soot and creosote carries stuff within them and this includes arsenic
id look up arsenic poisoning
if you use a grinder/sand blasting it will be in your lungs weather you use a mask or not make sure the area is well sealed as well
any grinding will have to be done with external breathing and that includes the clean up afterwards
id look up arsenic poisoning
if you use a grinder/sand blasting it will be in your lungs weather you use a mask or not make sure the area is well sealed as well
any grinding will have to be done with external breathing and that includes the clean up afterwards
To be factual this could apply to paint and wallpaper in times past.
Arsenic was a popular ingredient in many processes and homes.
It's just I can't ever remember seeing a picture of those comfy in their fireside armchairs, warming their tootsies, and wearing a respirator.
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That's perfectly normal, why change it?
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That's what killed Napoleon, or maybe it was British cooking.To be factual this could apply to paint and wallpaper in times past.
Arsenic was a popular ingredient in many processes and homes.
It's just I can't ever remember seeing a picture of those comfy in their fireside armchairs, warming their tootsies, and wearing a respirator.
What! our meat and 3 veg, never.
Actually come to think of it, even then, British cooking/diet contained vegetables which might have prevented his stomach ulcer, which ultimately killed him.
