Thanks for making this video. I just got done sanding a 577 square foot deck that had 3 coats of paint and is 27 years old. Needless to say, paint stripper, pressure washing and hand sanding didn't work AT ALL. I ran through about 7 of the 7 inch 60 grit Diablo disks but it made the job possible. I will say because how thick the paint was the disks would only last about an hour (10 boards), but the results are great. Thanks again for taking the time to share a good tip. 👍
my dude you saved my life with this one. just finally bit the bullet and added the angle grinder to my ever increasing tool kit bc of this video and wow. just. thank you.
This is a lifesaver! I’ve spent three 10 hour days - pressure washing, paint stripper, scraping and sanding till my hands and back are destroyed. Finally decided I either needed to find a better way or just burn the damn thing to the ground! Thank you for showing me that better way :)
Thank you, THANK YOU!! I always try to pass on tips that help to make things easier to do. Thank you for taking the time to make this video & sharing the info on the exact tool & flap disc to buy:)
As the disc fills with paint residue, if you hit some steel edges with it, it will clean it out. You can get 1inch thick discs from fastenal by the case of 10 at $5.50 per disc if you ask. Their brand, Bridgestone i believe
@@kscott8464 the flap discs get bound up with paint so I use any piece of iron/steel like a piece of angle iron and grind the edge of it momentarily to clear the packed in paint or acrylic stain from the disc.
I just discovered this myself after much trial and error. Stripped the paint off my fiance's deck. Went through many different types of discs until I discovered the sandpaper flap ones work best. They last all day whereas the others lasted about 15 minutes. Plus the flap disc's are cheaper.
Man…I was having a horrible time with a belt sander and 40 grit… some dumb a** put at least four coats of concrete paint on the deck before we bought the house…you already know…smh…thanks for the tutorial brother!🤘
Well now I know what I'll be using. Have the pressure washer and stripper ready but already knew it would be a task from hell but headed to buy a disk for my grinder now
Thanks! I have a small deck maybe 6x10 and i went from "let me power wash my deck" to "let's stain it" and now I'm at "wtf with that latex paint that won't come off".
Dude! Thanks for the tip. I was using a wire wheel on the grinder and was aggressive enough to remove the layers of paint and old primer. (That old primer is a bitch to get to get back to bare wood. Bought the layered grinder wheel you’re using and happened to be on sale. World of difference but you gotta be gentle on old wood. Anyway thanks for the short video. Would like to know what you’re going to seal your deck with?
I am also team angle grinder for removing paint. Though I think stripping chemical gels are not all bad. They probably won't get 100 percent off. Plus sometimes you only want to strip the deck and not the railing or siding. And I worry about using the stripping gel in that situation
Any suggestions for the base of deck since larger space and orbital sander? This looks like same paint stain I have same color and all and I’m struggling power washer not working.
The angle grinder I bought is 12krpm but the demon disc is 13280rpm. Is this safe or dies the disc need to be less than 12krpm since the grinder maxes out at 12k?
Thank you I’m in paint hell stripping my deck right now never thought of the flapper. I’m not scared! I’m going in! Belt sanders don’t like pine it seems, all the sappy gunk jams it up and the heat makes the belts die pretty quick. I’m miserable. I now have hope.
I'm using an 11k rpm grinder with recommended flap disc and its creating circular burn marks...tried keeping super light touch, different angles, movements etc...no change. If I use a lower rpm grinder would that keep the wood from getting burn marks? Hard enough getting the paint off, don't want to have to spend more time getting out burn marks somehow...
That doesn't work on a solid stain trust me I spent 3000 looking for a way to knock that out even tried some butrol nothing worked let alone in a timely manner. And when you have 300 a hr on the click they expect you to go go go go
Julie, In case you did not see in the comments section...the exact tool to buy for scraping paint or stain off your deck is the Ryobi 4 inch or 7 inch Grinder at Home Depot. You also want to buy the Diablo Steel Demon flap disc. Hope this helped you...
@@webbertools It was not as simple as I thought. I picked up the tool & blade that was recommended at Home Depot, but when we took the original grinder thing off, the Diablo blade would not lock into place. I took everything back to Home Depot & someone helped me in the hardware dept. Because I wanted the guard shield still left on, I was only able to use half of the Diablo steel blade to scrape off the deck paint. That half did work great at removing the paint:) Just make sure you get the EXACT right blade & fit for your sized tool.
I'm stripping paint off my deck rails with a 4 inch angle grinder. I bought the paint and rust remover disc. On my 3rd disc, ready for #4. Comes off fast, you're right. It's dirty, dusty work but beats anything else I've tried. I did get some divets in the wood in a few places but took off 3 coats old paint in a snap. Discs are less than $5 each at Harbor Freight, other places want up to $15. I bought one of there $20 grinders, I'll tell ppl not to do that. It over heats and can only run it about 10 min. Get a good grinder. Thanks for the video. I watched it last year and again just now. You've got over 15,000 views!
no, it isn't rocket science, but it also isn't rocket science to understand the lesson he's sharing from the style he filmed in. don't be so mean to helpful strangers!
