A heat gun or an infrared paint remover will heat up the paint so it peels effortlessly away from the wood.
Removing lead paint from siding.
Grinder paint removal for instance grinding using power sanding disks or clapboard sanders is very efficient on siding that s in good shape but it generates lead laden dust.
In some places you have to remove lead paint before re siding.
Assuming you can encapsulate it you have a few options.
This process involves covering the lead paint with a specially formulated liquid compound such as dumond lead stop which can be painted over with acrylic or latex paint.
Removing paint with heat.
Roofing or siding nails.
Encapsulation is another way to deal with lead paint.
Although the tools can be fitted with a vacuum hose the last thing clark wanted in a cheek to jowl neighborhood like winchester was to release any lead contaminated dust.
You can remove painted trim and window sashes and send them out to a professional paint stripper.
That gets the lead out of the house.
This is a great technique if you want to avoid sanding after scraping paint or you don t want to use chemicals.