Removing paint from slate

[Mull]

Sanding sounds like the thing to do then polish to remove sanding marks or splitting it thinner as paint has soaked in!

No idea really!

How thick are slabs?

[se7enthdevil]

No, a blow torch will damage the slate. I tried it once on an offcut when I was looking for ways to clean something off of a roof slate.

 

i suppose because it's a sedimentary rock it can split fairly easily. at least now i know that for the future.

[matelot]

It seems like removing the paint is expensive and could involve a lot of hard work. There is also no guarantee of the results...

 

How about seeing if the local architectural salvage yard has something similar?

 

I'd be trying petrol to remove it. Or leave it outside to the elements for a couple of years.

[matelot]

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[treequip]

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[Ashes_Firewood]

Sandblasting has done the trick!

 

[treequip]

Sandblasting has done the trick!

 

Good result

[Ashes_Firewood]

Yeah pretty pleased with how they've turned out. Wondering if I should be sealing them, don't want a shiney finish to them though

[Cae Ffynnon]

Just seen this thread, very fine sandpaper and lots of water will bring up a good surface. To short cut with elbow grease.

It doesn't need sealing for a hearth. We haven't sealed the slate hearths we have.

 

Slate is metamorphic, basically baked and compressed mudstone/shale.

 

The risk with heat and any rock is trapped moisture becoming steam and exploding.

 

Good looking slabs, probably set you back £600+ in a salvage yard.