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   mike4244 | Jan 19, 2006 05:26am | #1

   It will work, you will dull the knives but probably a better option than stripping.If you want to save the knives you can saw the paint off. If you have a table saw that can cut at least half the width of the deck boards then saw the paint off. The boards probably have some cups and warp to them. Use an auxillary fence that is at least as high as the decking is wide. set the blade so that only a 1/16" ( about half the blade) projects out beyond the fence.Raise the blade 1/4" higher than half the width of the board. Use feather boards to keep the board against the fence. Outfeed and infeed rollers are necessary for long boards. Make sure there are no fasteners in your boards.When making the second cut ( assuming the boards are wider than the full height of the blade),make sure the feather board is mounted high enough to bear on the uncut portion. If you keep it at table height the feather board will tilt the decking.This is because you essentially have a shallow and wide rabbet from the first pass.

   When done ,take a light cut thru the planer.You probably will wind up only losing 3/32" of thickness overall.This takes longer but it is easier to replace a saw blade than planer blades.

   mike

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   mfulton | Jan 20, 2006 04:10am | #5

   thanks Mike

   That's a solution that I didn't think of

   Mark

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   mudman | Jan 19, 2006 06:20am | #2

   The planer will work great. Old house paint wont signifigantly shorten your blade life. Better than the alternatives.

   Mike

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   mfulton | Jan 20, 2006 04:04am | #4

   HI Mike

   Are you sure?

   I've heard that the rollers, etc. will be gunked up forever.

   Have you tried it?

   Thanks

   Mark

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   mudman | Jan 20, 2006 06:26pm | #6

   I have done it with no problems, Thought never as much as he is talking about doing. I certaintly can see how the paint chips could foul up the machine. I do remember that they stuck to the rollers. Maybe it is not such a good idea. Or maybe it is the best of the bad options. Even if you had to clean the machine afterwards I think that it would be better than using strippers. Not that I have anything against strippers, of course! ;-)

   Mike

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   forestgirl | Jan 19, 2006 10:01pm | #3

   I think this is a duplicate thread, but I'm going to put my .02 worth in anyway, in case someone drags it up from the archives.  I asked this exact same question (re: oak) 2 or 3 year ago, and came to the conclusion No! Don't do it.  There were several arguments against the idea, but the winner by far was the mention that if/when that paint gets hot from flying around inside the planer, it's going to gunk up things sumpin' fierce.  Rollers, blades, cutterhead, everything.  No thank you!

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
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