Last weekend I started work on renovating one of the sash windows in my house. The woodwork is covered with numerous layers of paint (including the supposedly super toxic lead variety), the sash cords have snapped, one of the weights is missing, the sash pulleys are seized and some of the wood has got dry rot.
This is my first time attempting such a renovation, and the first task is removing the paint. I'm sure a "heat gun" is more suited to the task than a propane blowtorch, but it seems to be doing a fine job with the paint stripping.
