How To Clean Door Hinges From Paint

Use plastic tongs to remove hardware from the crockpot without scratching it.

How to clean door hinges from paint.

Don t worry about taking a door down or boiling hinges in vinegar or harsher chemicals. If the paint is coming off remove it and restore the hinge to its rightful place. Remove the hinge pin with a screwdriver or a cold chisel. Place the screwdriver or cold chisel under the edge of the head of the hinge pin.

Save yourself time and energy with this simple and easy hack to removing paint on door hinges. How to clean old hinges. Remove the screws securing the hinges with a. While wearing gloves i used my heat gun to loosen up the dried on paint.

Remove paint from door hinges without removing them. Put on the lid and let the contents of the pot cook all night. Paint is another big challenge to cleaning hardware. Not everyone values the look of untouched hardware.

The next day the paint will be soft and ready to fall off the metal. This simple trick will remove paint from hinges in a snap. This is my first attempt at produci. For individual pieces of hardware such as a door hinge place a washcloth or other type of soft cloth that has been soaked in the hot water soda mixture over the piece of hardware for a few minutes to loosen the paint.

In this case i remove old paint from hinges. Previous homeowners tenants or landlords may have chosen the easy route and painted right over doorknobs handles and hinges. Heat gun putty knife scraper or 5 in 1 painter s tool gloves detail nylon or wire brush pliers or metal tongs sheet metal fine grit sandpaper and or steel wool. Once you have the hinge off place it on your protected surface.

This technique also works for. Special consideration for painted hardware. Pull out the hinge pin with your fingers and set it aside. If it is not place it back in the crockpot for another few hours.

I held the hinge in place with my needlenose pliers. As the hardware cools the paint will begin to harden. This video is demonstrates the process of removing paint from metal objects.