stripping down door frame

[gas01]

I'm re-decorating the living room and am replacing the skirting with skirting that has knots in, which my wife like the look of and wants to just varnish them rather than painting them white.......but the internal door frame is also white...........so i have to strip it bare.

I'll get my sander out to sand it down , but will it get all the 30 years worth of paint off the frame ?
Someone said use a heat gun to get it off ?

Once down to bare wood, we want to varnish it too, so it will go with the skirting more than a plain white frame.

Any comments or problems anyone see ?

Thanks

 

[D.S.D]

hi gas01,

You would need to burn off the existing paint then go over it with a sander to get rid of any digs that you made with the scraper. This will also get rid of any paint residue. This can be one finicky job. If it was me, and you are going to redec the room anyway, I would buy a new wood architrave. This would leave the door lining and edge of the door stop to do. This would be easier than the architrave as its all flat. Do it the above way or get a product called "Peel Away" from a dedicated decorating centre. Follow the instructions on the tin to the letter and you will be fine.

Hope that helps

 

[Zampa]

As above, I would replace the wood it will be just as cheap and quicker