Painter for Iron Gate

Propane torch and simple scraper, generally (obviously you don’t have any wood-burning worries on a cast iron fence), but had to resort to Peelaway to get the bulk of the paint off the newel posts because of both their intricacy and their being essentially “inside” the stoop railings that come down the steps and wrap around them, thus making access to them a lot more difficult.

good evening my name is john.
and i do this kind of work .
and have plenty of brownstone ref’s.
jus call 347 996 6148

I did this job myself on the fence and stoop railings in front of my house. The unevenness of the existing paint (previously repainted multiple times over its 130 years of existence without any remediation of flaked-off portions) forced the obsessive-compulsive trait in me to demand that I remove all existing paint before re-painting. I did make an attempt to engage outside help (once my son on vacation from college and once a guy from across the street looking for odd jobs) but came to the conclusion that my own work would be the only work I’d be satisfied with. It was an unbelievably monotonous, messy, backbreaking and lengthy chore! Once finished, though, with rust preventative undercoat and three coats of glossy black lacquer over the bare metal, it looked (and still looks) absolutely fabulous. I don’t know how much a company would charge to do this scope of work but I know that if someone asked me to do it for them I wouldn’t even consider it for less that $8k. I just didn’t have that kind of money lying around at the time. The alternative, of course, would be to just paint over what’s already there, but I’d say, “what’s the point”