I finally finished stripping the rest of the paint off the door, then decided, why not give the new belt sander a go at sanding down the door. Obviously I had taken the door off the door frame and put it on the trestles to strip the paint off, once that was finished I flipped the door over, mainly to get the loose remains of the stripped paint off.
I thought having stripped the door and while it was on the trestles why not have a quick go at sanding it down. Out came the new belt sander, at this point it still hand the sanding sheet that I'd used on the thick black tar like paint which rather than sanding down essentially just warmed up as the sanding sheet passed over it, the paint became tacky and stuck to the sanding sheet, so when I started on this side of the door, the black paint warmed up again and started to come off on the wood of the door.
A quick change of sanding sheet was required, once I'd done that, things were far more successful, now I've in no way finished the job of sanding the door down, and didn't spend much more than about 20 - 30 minutes doing this, but it did a pretty good job in such a short amount of time. Yes of course it needs doing again until I have got all the old paint off, and will need doing with the little sander to get into the corners of the recessed panels, and in some places may need doing by hand. Like on the finer details on the sides of the recesses. But overall it was a far more pleasant experience than doing the previous door, and better still there were no clouds of dust, much to my wife’s delight, not to mention my lungs appreciation.
This is of course just the other side of the door from the image above, however I've now completed removing the paint from the door so it's ready to be sanded down.
Having finished stripping the door, I thought what better than to start stripping the door frame. Now as it happens this was definitely the easiest bit of the door frame to strip, it was all nice and flat, with 90 degree angles, so didn't take long to do at all (not like the rest of the door frame, but that's for a later entry :)). You may be wondering why there is some paint left at the bottom of the frame, well quite simply, I need to pull the carpet back from the door frame, otherwise it has a habit of melting when the heat gun gets close to it, at the very least the dust sheet melts, which is just as bad as it fuses with the carpet, I know we are intending on replacing the carpet in the room, but I don't think we're thinking of replacing the carpet on the landing and stairs. So I've decided I'll strip the rest of the door frame, window and fireplace, then when I get to do the skirting board, I'll lift the carpet and then do the bottom part of the door frame.
