I can’t resist it now, at first I was a little wary, considered it to be a bit ‘dirty’ and to be honest, got me all hot and bothered, but thanks to the Power Devil Hot air gun I can now remove paint with ease! My god, you lot really do have a one-track mind don’t you! It’s disgraceful. Our dining room is currently going through a bit of a facelift, the house was originally built in 1850 and I’ve become convinced that every occupant since then has just applied coat after coat of paint onto the skirting boards and door frames. I had decided that enough was enough, no more faffing about with paint-strippers for me – I ...  Read the complete review

I can't stand to see a a rough surface with old drip marks or chips revealing layer upon layer of paint. Eversince I moved in with my partner I have used a hotair gun to strip almost every door and doorframe in the house. You just aim it a patch at a time until it bubbles and then just scrape with a triangle scraper and ever single layer comes off. Works 1000 times better than paint stripper. However it is absolutely awful to use on varnished surfaces. It simply melts the varnish and you just start spreading it everywhere. When stripping is compete, just use a filler to fill in holes and cracks, a quick sand down and you're ready to ...  Read the complete review

I have a power devil hot air gun which I often use. However here are a few words of warning... Use a lead paint test kit before using a hot air gun. This will ensure that you will not risk lead poisoning from lead fumes given off by old hot paint. I have found that the hot air gun works best on paint which is several layers thick rather than a single layer and that a shavehook is sometimes better than the scraper that comes with thgun. It is common sense not to use the hot air gun on a surface that has been treated with paint stripper. However wiping a painted surface with methylated spirits and leaving it to dry for a few days can ...  Read the complete review

As we're 'doing up a house' we've bought a couple of hot air guns, sanders and other power tools in the last three years. Our main heat gun and sander are made by Bosch but sometimes we both need the heat gun so we bought spares, both Power Devil. The heat gun lasted the guarantee period and a couple of weeks. The sander didn't even manage that but we couldn't find the receipt until the guarantee had run out! The heat gun came from Argos and seemed a bargain at around £10. To be fair, the heat gun did a good job for as long as it lasted. We used it to strip layers of gloss from doors and frames and it was fine. You melt ...  Read the complete review