People have been asking if this tool works on concrete... This one doesn't, but here's the link to my Amazon store for the Diamabrush that is made for Concrete: amzn.to/46DyiPP
As someone who spent an entire summer scraping paint by hand for a painting company, I'm not sure whether to be amazed or angry. Congrats on becoming an affiliate.
Thanks Wern! Lol I would highly recommend this tool for any paint removal project. PPE is a must though...especially when there's loose nails sticking out. They become projectiles.
I love mine. I use it in my house renovation video on some pressure treated, where it pretty much reached the end of its lifespan. For the work that it saved me through, it was worth the money. Thanks for watching Brian!
I strip exterior houses from time to time and use the rinse or peel one paint stripper. I spray the paint stripper on the siding of the house and cover it with a fine plastic. Within an hour you see through the plastic the paint bubbling. I sometimes let the paint stripper sit overnight. Then remove the plastic and scrape the paint off with a Sandvik paint scraper. Sandvik scrapers have carbide blades and it shaves the paint off real good. Once done with the scraping I power wash the house to neutralize the paint stripper. Let the house dry and use an orbital sander to sand the wood on your house. For scrapers you have the Baco or Bako. I don't remember how to write the name. Richard's has a similar scraper .
Pretty cool Benoit. Thank you for the input! I was at wits end when I discovered the Diamabrush. I actually did use a random orbit sander to get the whiskers off of that cedar. I am actually hoping that it is a long time before I need to strip the paint like that again. It's not my favorite thing to do! I appreciate you watching and giving your Insight.
I bought one to strip a deck with multiple old layers…. It worked great! I would highly recommend it for anyone that has to strip old wood down to a finishable surface. Well worth the money.
Thanks for watching and sharing your experience with the Diamabrush Pete. Many of my videos that I do reviews on products are products that have been sent to me. I bought the Diamabrush myself and was blown away from it's performance. The other methods that I tried were not even remotely close in comparison. Of course there was some scraping involved in the tighter crevices, but for bulk removal, I'm not sure if there's a better product.
Mike, your vid here is "badass"! Getting ready to help my son prep his 110yo home up in Wisconsin for painting. Until he discovered the diamabrush I was always afraid to answer the call when it came to volunteering to help him out. With this tool, I'm going to have some extra time saved to hang out with the grandkids. Much appreciate the vid.
Great to hear John! Thanks for the kind words! I hope that the Diamabrush works as well for you and your son. If you would like to see the entire project, I just published it last week. I am also presently working on another tool review which should be made public tomorrow morning. It will be part of a new Playlist which will be made up of short reviews and tips mostly with two minute time limits. Thanks for watching!
I'm sure this is way late for your project. But for anyone else who happens by, a 110 year old house will have lead paint in the deeper layers. Using a power scraper like this or any other will create lots of lead dust and chips that will get into you and the soil around the house. Hand scraping is a pain, but eating lead is more of a pain.
You can use other angle grinder attachments designed for sanding wood and metal. Long lasting and won't leave as big marks. Plus less likely to have teeth fly off and injure you
Thanks! I'm glad that you enjoyed! I am constantly working on the funny stuff. Some works, while some crashes and burns, but I have fun making these videos, and you can expect more stuff like this in the future!
By the way, not sure if you saw my latest, but it's the whole exterior project on that same house. It includes some of this tool doing some pressure treated porch columns. Lots of the same type of humor, lol... Maybe too much! 😁
I just bought the Wagner paint eater because I have a deck that’s got a lot less paint and more stain. But what you just went through, but that is a bad ass tool that worked so well and your finished product turned out beautifully. Good video thank you so much. if I ever have a big job like that to do I’d buy that. I even looked it up at Home Depot and it’s $49 now.
The way you drop colorful jokes in a low-key, Bob Ross style tone is hilarious. You earned my subscription, if just to hear your wise cracks. Thorough review too, Kudos.
Thanks so much Shane! I try to do that same humor and sarcasm in every video, so you might want to check out the other ones. The older ones are a little rougher, being that I was newer at making videos, but I had to start somewhere. I appreciate the subscription!
This was just what I needed. I have almost the exact same situation with a large area of wood siding with peeling paint. Thanks very much for the information!
Thanks for watching and the kind words Iam. I hope that your project goes well. Please be sure to wear the appropriate eye, ear, and lung protection. Some of the older paints contain lead.
This thing definitely worked better than anything I had ever seen. I found that the flatter you hold it to the surface, the less marks that it leaves on the surface. Thanks for watching!
Wow Mike. This is so cool. That really worked well and that hand tool looked super useful. Thanks for the review. I look forward to seeing your video on your sound room.
Thanks Mike! I was pretty impressed using the Diamabrush. Their customer service was great as well. I called mainly to verify that it is in fact made in USA. I was shocked when I wasn't greeted by a robot! They were really nice.
This thing is a beast..I gouged a nice round area….I used a Bosch grinder and it had only one speed and it was real fast and kind of hard to control and evenly scrap..it really really strips the boards down fast..I have about 4 layers of paint and it wasn’t as easy making it hard to not mess it up..practice on somthing first..idk…shit sucks having to strip wood siding on a house
@@themostlymikeshow2582 I turned to heat gun last night…thought I cracked the code but 6 hours for a 8 x4 area..not efficient eighter…this tool works but you need to practice and be prepared to sand some low spot..lol..it works forsure..but it’s extremely egressive..if you can get one with dual speeds..my grinder was full throttle..seemed to fast..idk..
@@themostlymikeshow2582 it works really good but it’s just not fast enough because I’m alone…if I had someone ahead of my scraper /puddy paint scraper type scraper…then it would move even faster..I’m holding gun and scraper and it’s alot on my arms and it’s slower…but the paint comes off very good..
Used the 17" version of it on a floor machine to bust plastic tiles held down by mastic on my hardwood floor and this one for edges. Works like magic But I have the feeling you just coated your surroundings with lead, this white paint scaling like it does could very well be the one you shouldn't be scraping like this
Thanks for watching and sharing your experience. I have never heard of using it on mastic, but I am sure that it has many more uses than just paint. I did my best to gather what I could of the chips, and that whole area is under concrete now.
Thanks! I didn't know that there was instructions for directions on movement, lol. I just tore it out of the package and went with it. It seemed to work pretty good despite that. I appreciate the clarification.
I’m very late to the party, but great video! I was looking for a tool for stripping paint and believe I have found it thanks to you. Great oak siding and can’t believe you painted over it as well 😱…Merry Christmas 🙂
Thanks Andy! Be sure to use all protective gear. I didn't use goggles or a full face shield over the safety glasses and wished that I would have. Really small pieces can get around regular glasses. I hope it works well for you! Take care.
Thanks for watching. Wow, I thought while I was using mine about how much it would hurt getting hit by one of those blades if it broke or became detached. I think that Diamabrush's website is in the description. Does it look like they would be interchangeable?
We’re tearing our hair out over here stripping the paint off of our shed. This tool looks like a lifesaver. We’ll be taking a trip to Sherwin-Williams first thing.
Thanks for watching Adam! I hope that it works as good for you as it did for me. They were actually a little bit cheaper on Amazon and at Lowe's. That is the top selling item in my Amazon store.
supposedly the shroud they make helps you keep it level and it allows you to remove paint closer to the edges without damage to the blade via a flip up door ( on the shroud )
Thanks for watching and the kind words. That time lapse only took about an hour to complete all of that stripping, but the scraping took a couple hours to get into the small corners that this Diamabrush could not reach. It saved a ton of time and effort by getting the heavy stuff.
Your good to go now to its to bad your a year late. Last time I clicked your link was 6 months ago and only link that popped up was Amazon's page with no tool I'm sure you had to think something was wrong with 80k views. I'm glad you fixed it I will make sure I use your link for my order. 👍😂
Thanks again. That probably explains why the Amazon revenue took a bit of a nosedive for several months. Views on all videos were down, so I blamed it on that. I am going to call Amazon and see why it would have happened.
It has a flaw. It's amazing at stripping decks, but don't plan on replacing the blades. They are soooo expensive it was cheaper to just replace the whole thing. I was floored by the price of the blades. It was still a bargain because a spend $140.00 for 2 of them, but did expect them to last longer than they did. One word of advice. NEVER PAINT A PRESSURE TREATED DECK!!! The owner of the house I bought painted the deck before putting it on the market and I was left with the biggest problem. Thank heavens this mess is finally over.
Thanks for watching Kathy! The blades on the model that I used were not replaceable that I know of. If you look through my other videos, I do one of an extreme exterior renovation of a house that I bought next to mine which I used the Diamabrush to remove paint from pressure treated, which did my Diamabrush in. I stressed the fact that one should never paint pressure treated! Thanks for the awesome comment!
Its not paint its stain, its ment to block the suns damaging rays . The darker it is the longer it lasts. If you can see the wood grain you have to put a new finnish on about 3 to 5 years the dark stuff can las 3 times as long. Personally I like the look of wood better, you you dont protect it it turns an ash color I dont like but some people do. Id rather put some kind of finnish on it Mine I do a moghangy outdoor color With a gloss look its stunning on ceder or Cypress woods. A gloss paint holds up better outside to. A flat or eggshell won't last as long. I've seen a few houses with a high gloss exterior they look really good. And the paint job lasts a lot longer on them.
I breezed through a painted floor in my house in literally an hour. The room just on the other side of the wall I spend weeks by hand using chemicals and sanders. I'm so in love with the diamabrush. I just wish it worked as efficiently on the exterior wood siding that is haunting and pursuing me in my nightmares.
We used the Diamabrush on our 1906 Victorian. It takes some finesse but with care, it easily removed 117 yrs of old paint pretty efficiently. You will still need to hand scrape the nooks & crannies, but that is to be expected. The first blade lasted longer than we thought before it lost a blade. I think it managed to clear over 600 sq feet. Be forewarned you will need a mask, safety glasses and a face shield. THX for the helpful video.
I learned it's better to use the oil stains on cedar and redwood because of the tannin in them. All of our 80 year old house paint is pealing like a bandaid. I've been using an oscillating chisel tool that is driving me nuts. Be sure to use an oil based primer on the redwood and cedar if you are repainting. Thanks for this review, I'm off to the store!
Thanks for watching Conservative Hippie Patriot and William Tell! I used a translucent oil stain on this project, but just bought an opaque version in the color that my neighbor suggested. There's no sign of degradation of the original coat after over two years. I used "Woodsman" brand sold oil based stain by Tru Value Hardware stores, which I had great success with. Not sure if those stores are in your area. They mixed whatever color I wanted.
FYI: At 01:35 mm:ss, I heard your angle grinder's 90 degree gear train SCREAM, "PLEASE, open me up and RELUBE/GREASE ME!" Seriously, EVERYBODY, open up your angle grinders and drills and hammer drills and roto-hammer front transmissions. You'll find grease inside, and it is touching everything but, THE GEARS!
Thanks for watching and subscribing Ken! There's another of my videos that feature the Diamabrush where I renovated the house which I will be doing a lot of my filming in the future videos. I stripped some old pressure treated, which pretty much finished up the lifespan of that diamabrush. I believe that it was worth the money for the work that it saved me.
@@themostlymikeshow2582 We recovered some from the inside of the house. The previous owners covered it up with drywall when they built and addition. It made a nice bench.
That's cool. Redwood is getting rare. I have some old textured Redwood wainscoting given to me that I have been saving for something special. The dust from Redwood is more toxic than most woods, so it definitely pays to use a mask.
Prefer by far the Paint Shaver. Not plastic gizmo that you can’t replace the blades. Also, how do you make sure you are parallel to the board? That said thank you!
Thanks for watching! It seems like you sort of get a natural feel for when it hits that sweet spot and is parallel. You can also tell by the sound that it makes. I found that adding a little more pressure to favor one side seems to make it work better in some situations. I hope that this helps.
Thanks for watching Mick! I hope that yours serves you well as mine has. I featured it in my house renovation video, and it pretty much wore out after doing the front porch on old pressure treated lumber that had paint on it. Still well worth the price for the work that it saved. Best of luck on your project!
Thanks Lisa! The audio quality has been a constant battle for me making these videos. It is music to my soul when it gets noticed. Thank you very much!
Great video and great find! Looks like its worth the money. Can I use the same blade for removing paint off concrete porch? If not, do you know which blade can I use? Thank you!
Thanks Sunshant! I don't know for sure how it would work on concrete, but my thoughts are that it would probably wear out quickly. They work excellent on wood, but there's a little learning curve to keep it flat to avoid digging in too far. I'll look around to see what works good for painted concrete. Thanks for watching!
I took a quick look, and it looks like a lot of people use the chemical strippers for concrete. I don't have much experience with those, but here's a link to one that seems to get decent as well as mixed reviews. I hope that this helps. Here's the link : amzn.to/3v0h4IV
Hi Mike. Great video, good ideas and liked your humor too. I have a deck with fir boards painted with Behr Deckover paint. They are peeling up badly, all over. I should be able to use an angle grinder on it to do the job too, right? Most professionals advise using a floor sander.
Thanks for watching and the kind words! Are you asking if you would be able to use an angle grinder with the Diamabrush? I'm not really an expert in this field, but more of just a hobbyist. I film much of what I do, and the Diamabrush made a tough job easy for me. They are an aggressive tool, so I would recommend being very careful, and start out in an inconspicuous area to see how it does. Be sure to wear all of the safety gear because there's going to be dust, and debris flying in all directions.
@@themostlymikeshow2582 Thank you for the quick reply. I think I will use this angle grinder and diamabrush tool to strip the paint off my deck. I will be sure to use PPE on the job.
Well that just saved us a lot of hell. Our deck was painted just four years ago and the paint is chipping off bad. Everything we've tried so far is miserable. This looks like it'll do the trick.
To keep your sponsors happy I just ordered one! I’m going to start my project as soon as we take down our Christmas decorations. I will make a follow up comment.
Thanks Ed. I'm glad you enjoyed. I had excellent luck with mine. I used it in another video, which was the bike shop renovation one. I featured some of the footage from this, but I also used it on some pressure treated wood. I actually wore it down pretty good on that job, but for the time that it saved, it was well worth the price to me. I will definitely buy another if a paint stripping job comes up. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for watching. I'm sorry, but I'm not sure what to use for that. I am not much of a painter, but just wanted to share my experience with the Diamabrush. I'm nearly certain that the Diamabrush would tear up drywall. There's a tool that resembles scotch Brite that you use with a drill which may be less aggressive, but not sure.
Hi Piper56! I had to look the Wagner Paint Eater up to see what it is because I'm not familiar with them. I don't know for sure, but I am having doubts about how safe it would be to use after seeing how that tool has to be held. I wish that I could give you a more accurate answer.
@@themostlymikeshow2582 Hi, Thanks for getting back to me. I found out the RPM of the Diamabrush is higher then what the Wagner Paint Eater can supply, so I’m going to take it back and get an angle grinder to hold the Diamabrush disk. Wagner Paint Eater is ok if you got a door or smaller jobs around the home.
Interesting. I am doing a door in the not too distant future, and maybe I will look into the Paint Eater for that job. I featured the Diamabrush in my other video where I renovated the entire exterior of a house that is going to be the place that I do most of my bike maintenance and product review videos. Thanks for watching and commenting. It helps this channel grow.
@@themostlymikeshow2582 Depends on the thickness of the paint that you want to strip off. Paint Eater would be sufficient for removing a few coats paint and perfect for any stain stripping. I didn’t see many door refinish videos but I bet you could make a helpful video to help homeowners!
Would this work to strip a wooden door? The previous owner painted 3 indoor doors the same hideous brown color! I want to remove the doors & work on them outdoors. I don’t have a lot of strength to handle a powerful tool so any suggestions would help.
Thanks for watching Mourning Dove. I really don't know if it would be too aggressive for that door or not. Are they smooth doors? Or do they have panels with contoured edges?
Thanks for watching Igor. You are correct about the flat surfaces, but the small scraping that I showed in the video to get in the nooks and crannies was pretty representative of the entire thing. I will have to look through the footage from that video. It was 3 years ago, but I might have footage of me scraping the whole thing that I could make into a time lapse possibly. That triangular scraper did a pretty good job of getting almost all of it in one swipe. The soft wood sort of helped because a small amount of it came off with the paint. The scrapers were very sharp.
Thanks for watching Lexander! I'm sure that would have helped a lot. It was a last minute thing, so I just wore a mask, which made me look quite wooly with the dust and debris piled up on myself!
@@themostlymikeshow2582 Don't worry much about it. I bought the money for the shroud and a 50 foot extension hose for the shop vac. It does not suck up nearly as much as it should because the blades extend about 3/4 inch past the shroud on my DeWalt angle grinder. It was a waste of money and the shroud did nothing much but add weight to the grinder AND prevented smooth workflow. My shroud is metal and has a little door to open for edges. You literally have to have your face right in there to make sure that the blades are connecting properly. I'm just afraid of using it while standing on a ladder because there is some kickback when the angle is wrong. Maybe my grinder is too powerful and I need less RPM's. I don't know. I know it has to be less than 11,000 RPM's. Overall, I love this beauty. Cleans up old wood nice and fast. Works best on flat surfaces.
@@idontknow2594 my thoughts exactly. I just used a respirator and it was what it was. I don't do this type of work all the time so even this exposure was minimal. I appreciate you watching and taking the time to share your thoughts and experience with your Diamabrush.
Thanks for watching. The Diamabrush in this video is not made for that, but I put a link in the description for one that is designed for concrete. I haven't tested this tool, but I hope that this helps you.
Hi Helen. Thanks for watching. It all depends on what your budget is. DeWalt makes a pretty good one, but they are a little pricier than the Harbor Freight brand. If you have never used these angle grinders before, please be careful. They are all very powerful and aggressive. Make sure you hold it with both hands when you use it and try using it on some practice stuff to see what it is going to try to do. Not trying to scare you. They are a wonderful tool, but should be used with care.
Are the same dangers present when using the diamabrush with an angle grinder as there is with the regular disks? Also, how cheap can I go on the grinder if the diamabrush is so great?
Thanks for watching. I believe that the dangers would be as great or even greater with the Diamabrush. As for using a cheap grinder, I have not heard any reports on that. I definitely would not recommend using battery powered grinders on larger jobs. Definitely use eye and face protection, as well as a respirator and gloves. Remember to be aware that the paint that you are removing may contain lead.
Hi Ikust. I hadn't tried any of their other products, but I believe that they make some models that are larger and have replaceable flaps. Thanks for watching.
Great Video! Thanks. My house is an 1857 Victorian with some very bad and weathered paint. Also paint that looks almost identical to your test walls. Have you used the Diamabrush on thicker paint layers, some of which are latex that can sometimes gum up the best systems? Also have you seen this product mounted on an angle grinder with a shop vac collector system... often required when removing paint in a city environment. Thanks, again.
Thanks for watching Blackbeard. Sorry, I haven't really done much with thicker coats. I tried it on painted pressure treated and it wasn't quite as good. It may have just been worn down though, and I wasn't getting another because there wasn't much left to do. They do wear out, but save a lot of work and time. As for dust collection, I have not tried it. I would at minimum use a good respirator. I hope that this helps.
An older home like yours will have lead paint in the deeper layers. Using a power scraper or sander will create lots of lead dust and chips, it'd be better for your health to just take your time and do it by hand. Especially don't power scrape if you have kids.
Hi I have old Tounge n grove siding in conjunction with this Dimond brush what tool would you use to get in the narrow grooves so I can caulk and paint. Thank you sir!
Thanks for watching. There's a variety of different shapes of scrapers that work pretty well for getting into those grooves similar to the one that I used in this video. I hope that this helps.
where can I get a bigger safety guard? I’m trying to use it with a 4 1/2 inch angle grinder but the guard won’t go over it. Any recommendations on a replacement guard or adjustment I can make?
Thanks for watching. I think that the battery grinders would work, but I don't think that the life would be long on a charge unless you used high amp hour batteries, like over 6ah. I would recommend a corded one for best results. Harbor freight has those Bauer brand that are priced pretty reasonable and get decent reviews. I hope that this helps.
Hi Theodore. Thanks for watching. I'm really not sure how to get between the decking boards. I'm guessing that the sander or one of those heavy abrasive scotch brite type wheels will work for the railing parts. I think that the Diamabrush would be too aggressive for those.
That would be interesting to see. I'm thinking that it probably wouldn't work as smooth as the one or two coats of 30 or so year old paint on that room I stripped.
We have 8-10 layers of paint over 100 years old. Home built 1845. You’ll have to hold tool at an angle. Once you get a chip off , the rest will lift off as long as you follow that line. Takes a bit longer and technique is important. Placing it flat in the beginning won’t do it
Just to point out, that tool looks good, but what does it cost? Secondly I used what amounts to scotch bright wheel on my 4" body grinder, but my house is only 27 years old way too young for lead paint, now on that subject do your negibors know you just dusted every house in a 5 mile radius with lead paint dust. Dont use these on older homes and a hepa mask unless your a licensed pro whos certified at lead paint removal you can get a serious fine. If you house is older then about 1985 the chance its lead paint is very high test it first if it is you by law have to hire then job out to pros. The scratch pad I used works pretty well. It would be good on your house to get what you couldn't with the dimond wheel insted of hand scraping becuse you can use the wheel side unlike that dimond wheel. So your crannys can be striped too.
I put links in the description, but I think that I paid around 60 dollars at Sherwin Williams for mine while behind schedule, but I believe Lowes has them for 50 bucks. Thanks for watching!
Hello Shijulin. My grinder is Metabo brand. It's a 6 in, but I believe it will work on the four and a half inch versions of Metabo as well. Thanks for watching. I hope this helps.
What model of angle grinder did you say you are using? I have this huge and heavy DeWalt and it's not making the work look even half as easy as your video. Plus, I noticed you aren't using the shroud...perhaps it's the shroud that is getting in the way of getting in there where the top of one layer meets the bottom of the other and at the ends.
I don't know the exact model of grinder, but it's a Metabo brand. They have a lot of different models, but I believe that all Metabo models perform pretty well. I'm heading back from a trip, and will get the numbers from both of mine for you.
Hi this looks like a great tool. I have an old deck with some very thick textured paint on it that is already peeling on its own but in most parts it stuck on tight. Can it be attached to an extender pole without having to get down on knees or bending back?
Thanks for watching Alpha. I've never heard of anyone using a pole, but I think that it would probably have a tendency to kick back, which could be dangerous.
@@themostlymikeshow2582 HI I did some research and maybe your viewers would like to know that this disc also comes in a larger size (16 inch diameter) that fits a #09 Stand up push style orbital sander. This would save a lot of back breaking work for those of us who can't spend time kneeling and bending our backs over stripping a large wooden deck. They can both be rented at home depot, which is also more financially efficient since the disc this size is quite costly. So a one day rental would be worth it. This would save hours of time and your back and knees as well.
Hey. Do you think this can be used on porcelain tiles to remove a slight sheen on it that causes slipping when rain falls? Looking forward to your response. Great video. Thank you.
Hi Trini. Thanks for watching. I think that it would probably damage the tiles or the tool, just my opinion. I would probably contact Diamabrush customer service and see if they would have anything to recommend. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
This tool too aggressive for that. I think they sell some special acid that etches the surface such that it disolves some of the top and makes the tile more anti-slip.
Hi Joe! I believe that it would take an eighth of an inch off. When I bought mine at Sherwin-Williams they had a sample piece that shows what it could do. They had that thick deck coating on it and I would say there is at least 1/8 of an inch removed. That tool is a real Beast! Thank you for watching.
Thanks for watching Devin. I guess that it would depend on how heavy the paint that needs removed is among other things. I was able to do about 250 sq ft with one, and I would estimate that it could do about half of that again. I used mine on some really old pressure treated that was painted in one the whole exterior renovation video for the front porch. For some reason, that painted decking really wore it out quickly. It was pretty worn when I started on it though. I wish that I could be of more help.
Thanks Dillan! Glad you enjoyed. If I had that Makita GV 5010, I would definitely do a review on it. I don't get many requests, but I like when I get them. My channel is mainly about fixing bikes and mountain biking, but I love tools as well, and I believe that a lot of mountain bikers enjoy tool reviews too. I will ask around my friends and see if anyone has that Makita model. Is it an orbital sander? I did go over it really fast with a random orbit, but it was just an older Craftsman with mirka paper to knock off the whiskers from the cedar.
The whole remodeling project on that exterior of the house is in my latest video. It's lengthy, but I tried to add as much of my cornball humor as I could to keep it interesting, or at least attempt.
The Makita GV5010 is a very light weight disc sander that's spins at around 5000rpm rather than the 10000-12000rpm of an angle grinder. It doesn't have a random orbit action just spins like a grinder. Painters love it because they can use it with one hand on a ladder but it's still more powerful than a random orbit sander.
Thanks for watching. I used mine for that job in the video and then on a painted pressure treated deck. After the pressure treated deck the blades were pretty badly worn, but the may have came from the screw heads. They are made of pretty hard steel.
Thanks for watching Johnny! I have never used a paint Eater tool before, so not sure how the wheel attaches, or if it would spin fast enough to make it work. Sorry that I couldn't be of more help.
Not sure Nick. I haven't done much in the line of paint removal. I tried this Diamabrush to get this job done and thought it was worth making a video on. I think that they get decent reviews, but I can't confirm of deny that. Thanks for watching. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
Hi Marianne. Thanks for watching. If the floor is made of wood underneath, I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work. I think that I might have seen a video where someone used it on a floor before.
What what tool do I need to use the blade and how can I hook it up to a vacuum. I'm restoring a 1920s house it's over 3,000 ft and it's cedar just like the gentleman it's a Victorian gingerbread. I desperately need help scraping it to the wood because it has lead paint please advise please. You did a great job here I'm going to get a lift that's what I would have suggested to you sir a scissor lift or a boom.
Hi Craige. Are you talking about the machine I used with the Diamabrush, or the scraper tool? I left Amazon links in the description for both of those, but I will paste them in a comment below this. Some browsers are difficult to view the video descriptions..
@@themostlymikeshow2582 thank you so much Mike. I'm going to buy the grinder tool on your recommendation sir. Along with the scraper tool sir. I have a gingerbread Victorian house with clapboard. I want to get the layers of paint off it's lead-based paint sir can you recommend a grinder that has a vacuum attachment and will any HEPA vacuum contain the lead dust. Will the grinder get the material off and one pass. The house is over 3,000 square feet. It's three stories. Any idea of how many gallons of paint to use. And if so would you make recommend a sprayer. Would you recommend the sprayer through Amazon I have an account. I promise that I will buy what you recommend you have my word sir. I never expected a person to get back to me. I would like to use your recommendation in this house and then post the results. Possibly email you the pictures of before and after with your recommendations listed. I am a first-time homeowner. I fell in love with this house, I'm going to paint it dark maroon. The blood of my Lord. Any suggestions would be helpful. The paint is bubbling in some areas. But the direction of the peeling is where the weather in the rain hits it the most. 60% of the house doesn't need to be scraped. But the other part that's peeling needs to be scraped. And it's LED paint any links or anything that you could say would be very helpful to me please continue to help others and God bless you sir.
People have been asking if this tool works on concrete... This one doesn't, but here's the link to my Amazon store for the Diamabrush that is made for Concrete:
amzn.to/46DyiPP
As someone who spent an entire summer scraping paint by hand for a painting company, I'm not sure whether to be amazed or angry. Congrats on becoming an affiliate.
Thanks Wern! Lol I would highly recommend this tool for any paint removal project. PPE is a must though...especially when there's loose nails sticking out. They become projectiles.
Been there down that many summers lol Still am with my own business, but looking to try this out!
I love mine. I use it in my house renovation video on some pressure treated, where it pretty much reached the end of its lifespan. For the work that it saved me through, it was worth the money. Thanks for watching Brian!
You guys have a LOT of HEART👺
I strip exterior houses from time to time and use the rinse or peel one paint stripper. I spray the paint stripper on the siding of the house and cover it with a fine plastic. Within an hour you see through the plastic the paint bubbling. I sometimes let the paint stripper sit overnight. Then remove the plastic and scrape the paint off with a Sandvik paint scraper. Sandvik scrapers have carbide blades and it shaves the paint off real good. Once done with the scraping I power wash the house to neutralize the paint stripper. Let the house dry and use an orbital sander to sand the wood on your house. For scrapers you have the Baco or Bako. I don't remember how to write the name. Richard's has a similar scraper .
Pretty cool Benoit. Thank you for the input! I was at wits end when I discovered the Diamabrush. I actually did use a random orbit sander to get the whiskers off of that cedar. I am actually hoping that it is a long time before I need to strip the paint like that again. It's not my favorite thing to do! I appreciate you watching and giving your Insight.
The only thing worse than watching paint dry is watching paint not strip itself😁👍
Bahco
I bought one to strip a deck with multiple old layers…. It worked great! I would highly recommend it for anyone that has to strip old wood down to a finishable surface. Well worth the money.
Thanks for watching and sharing your experience with the Diamabrush Pete. Many of my videos that I do reviews on products are products that have been sent to me. I bought the Diamabrush myself and was blown away from it's performance. The other methods that I tried were not even remotely close in comparison. Of course there was some scraping involved in the tighter crevices, but for bulk removal, I'm not sure if there's a better product.
I used this on shingles and it was very easy to gouge the wood.
Mike, your vid here is "badass"! Getting ready to help my son prep his 110yo home up in Wisconsin for painting. Until he discovered the diamabrush I was always afraid to answer the call when it came to volunteering to help him out. With this tool, I'm going to have some extra time saved to hang out with the grandkids.
Much appreciate the vid.
Great to hear John! Thanks for the kind words! I hope that the Diamabrush works as well for you and your son. If you would like to see the entire project, I just published it last week. I am also presently working on another tool review which should be made public tomorrow morning. It will be part of a new Playlist which will be made up of short reviews and tips mostly with two minute time limits. Thanks for watching!
Wisconsin love. Milwaukee here
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
I'm sure this is way late for your project. But for anyone else who happens by, a 110 year old house will have lead paint in the deeper layers. Using a power scraper like this or any other will create lots of lead dust and chips that will get into you and the soil around the house. Hand scraping is a pain, but eating lead is more of a pain.
You can use other angle grinder attachments designed for sanding wood and metal. Long lasting and won't leave as big marks. Plus less likely to have teeth fly off and injure you
Thanks for watching and the helpful tip FunStuff!
I like your relaxed sense of humor and straight to the point review. You earned a subscriber.
Thanks! I'm glad that you enjoyed! I am constantly working on the funny stuff. Some works, while some crashes and burns, but I have fun making these videos, and you can expect more stuff like this in the future!
By the way, not sure if you saw my latest, but it's the whole exterior project on that same house. It includes some of this tool doing some pressure treated porch columns. Lots of the same type of humor, lol... Maybe too much! 😁
I just bought the Wagner paint eater because I have a deck that’s got a lot less paint and more stain. But what you just went through, but that is a bad ass tool that worked so well and your finished product turned out beautifully. Good video thank you so much. if I ever have a big job like that to do I’d buy that. I even looked it up at Home Depot and it’s $49 now.
Thanks for watching To5m. I'm not familiar with the Wagner paint eater, but I hope that it delivers great results for your project.
Sorry, but I'm not familiar with the Wagner Paint eater, so I don't know. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Thanks for watching.
The way you drop colorful jokes in a low-key, Bob Ross style tone is hilarious. You earned my subscription, if just to hear your wise cracks. Thorough review too, Kudos.
Thanks so much Shane! I try to do that same humor and sarcasm in every video, so you might want to check out the other ones. The older ones are a little rougher, being that I was newer at making videos, but I had to start somewhere. I appreciate the subscription!
This was just what I needed.
I have almost the exact same situation with a large area of wood siding with peeling paint.
Thanks very much for the information!
Thanks for watching and the kind words Iam. I hope that your project goes well. Please be sure to wear the appropriate eye, ear, and lung protection. Some of the older paints contain lead.
Nice I might be doing that. I have a whole house to scrap to repaint
This thing definitely worked better than anything I had ever seen. I found that the flatter you hold it to the surface, the less marks that it leaves on the surface. Thanks for watching!
Wow Mike. This is so cool. That really worked well and that hand tool looked super useful. Thanks for the review. I look forward to seeing your video on your sound room.
Thanks Mike! I was pretty impressed using the Diamabrush. Their customer service was great as well. I called mainly to verify that it is in fact made in USA. I was shocked when I wasn't greeted by a robot! They were really nice.
This thing is a beast..I gouged a nice round area….I used a Bosch grinder and it had only one speed and it was real fast and kind of hard to control and evenly scrap..it really really strips the boards down fast..I have about 4 layers of paint and it wasn’t as easy making it hard to not mess it up..practice on somthing first..idk…shit sucks having to strip wood siding on a house
Thanks for watching and sharing your paint stripping experience. It's definitely a pain to do, but this tool definitely makes it less painful.
@@themostlymikeshow2582 I turned to heat gun last night…thought I cracked the code but 6 hours for a 8 x4 area..not efficient eighter…this tool works but you need to practice and be prepared to sand some low spot..lol..it works forsure..but it’s extremely egressive..if you can get one with dual speeds..my grinder was full throttle..seemed to fast..idk..
Wow, I thought that it would have worked well for you. How's the heat gun method working?
@@themostlymikeshow2582 it works really good but it’s just not fast enough because I’m alone…if I had someone ahead of my scraper /puddy paint scraper type scraper…then it would move even faster..I’m holding gun and scraper and it’s alot on my arms and it’s slower…but the paint comes off very good..
I liked watching the paint disappear in the time lapse. It was pretty satisfying to watch
Thanks! That thing sure is impressive!
Used the 17" version of it on a floor machine to bust plastic tiles held down by mastic on my hardwood floor and this one for edges. Works like magic
But I have the feeling you just coated your surroundings with lead, this white paint scaling like it does could very well be the one you shouldn't be scraping like this
Thanks for watching and sharing your experience. I have never heard of using it on mastic, but I am sure that it has many more uses than just paint. I did my best to gather what I could of the chips, and that whole area is under concrete now.
Per the instructions you should be moving right to left, you started out opposite which caused your swirls. But your tips did help
Thanks! I didn't know that there was instructions for directions on movement, lol. I just tore it out of the package and went with it. It seemed to work pretty good despite that. I appreciate the clarification.
Thanx for sherwin William's plug
No problem! I appreciate the help and advice! That thing really did the trick!
Wish they had this in my country - South Africa. thanks though, enjoyable to watch someone being able remove paint this fast from a large area
Thanks for watching Etienne. They certainly do work amazingly. They're not available on Amazon in SouthAfrica?
Wow! All that in a little over a hour! Amazing!
Thanks Faith Painting! I was super impressed.
Clicked and added one to my next Amazon order! That cedar siding looked great by the way. Thanks.
Thanks for watching and the kind words Wang Chung! I hope your project goes well.
I’m very late to the party, but great video! I was looking for a tool for stripping paint and believe I have found it thanks to you. Great oak siding and can’t believe you painted over it as well 😱…Merry Christmas 🙂
Thanks for watching! Glad you liked. Merry Christmas to you too!
At last, something that works..im in the uk and am going to see if they are available here..great vid mate.
Thanks Andy! Be sure to use all protective gear. I didn't use goggles or a full face shield over the safety glasses and wished that I would have. Really small pieces can get around regular glasses. I hope it works well for you! Take care.
This was super helpful. Thank you!
Thanks for watching Tim. Glad it helped!
The paint I have to remove has 3-4 layers. It still doing a good job… but one blade went flying. Now I’m trying to locate some blades
Thanks for watching. Wow, I thought while I was using mine about how much it would hurt getting hit by one of those blades if it broke or became detached. I think that Diamabrush's website is in the description. Does it look like they would be interchangeable?
We’re tearing our hair out over here stripping the paint off of our shed. This tool looks like a lifesaver. We’ll be taking a trip to Sherwin-Williams first thing.
Thanks for watching Adam! I hope that it works as good for you as it did for me. They were actually a little bit cheaper on Amazon and at Lowe's. That is the top selling item in my Amazon store.
@@themostlymikeshow2582 what’s the link? I’ll check your store out
Thanks so much! Here's the link :
www.amazon.com/shop/themostlymikeshow
It's under the "miracle tools" category.
Wow, looks great! Gonna get one of these for sure.
Thanks Fray! I was sure impressed with the way that mine worked. I hope that you have incredible results too!
supposedly the shroud they make helps you keep it level and it allows you to remove paint closer to the edges without damage to the blade via a flip up door ( on the shroud )
Thanks for watching and the information on the shroud JB. I had no idea how they work or that it actually helps to keep the wheel level.
Holy cow that will save me so much time on my next project. Awesome video! Subbed and looking forward to seeing more of your vids
Thanks Satoshis! I appreciate the support.
4:35 bro you are a machine. Congrats on the excellent work, hope it came out as good as you envisioned
Thanks for watching and the kind words. That time lapse only took about an hour to complete all of that stripping, but the scraping took a couple hours to get into the small corners that this Diamabrush could not reach. It saved a ton of time and effort by getting the heavy stuff.
Porter cable makes..the Paint Stripper tool. About $350.00 comes with 36 and 24 grit carbide discs. It's super aggressive.
Cool! I'll have to check it out. I'm actually hoping that I won't need to strip a lot of paint again anytime soon though, lol.
That tool is amazing!
Thanks Ted! Highly recommended!
AweSome Job..
Thanks Todd! Many more on the way!
Looks fabulous!!!!
Thanks Andie! Glad you enjoyed.
Your good to go now to its to bad your a year late. Last time I clicked your link was 6 months ago and only link that popped up was Amazon's page with no tool I'm sure you had to think something was wrong with 80k views. I'm glad you fixed it I will make sure I use your link for my order. 👍😂
Thanks again. That probably explains why the Amazon revenue took a bit of a nosedive for several months. Views on all videos were down, so I blamed it on that. I am going to call Amazon and see why it would have happened.
It has a flaw. It's amazing at stripping decks, but don't plan on replacing the blades. They are soooo expensive it was cheaper to just replace the whole thing. I was floored by the price of the blades. It was still a bargain because a spend $140.00 for 2 of them, but did expect them to last longer than they did. One word of advice. NEVER PAINT A PRESSURE TREATED DECK!!! The owner of the house I bought painted the deck before putting it on the market and I was left with the biggest problem. Thank heavens this mess is finally over.
Thanks for watching Kathy! The blades on the model that I used were not replaceable that I know of. If you look through my other videos, I do one of an extreme exterior renovation of a house that I bought next to mine which I used the Diamabrush to remove paint from pressure treated, which did my Diamabrush in. I stressed the fact that one should never paint pressure treated! Thanks for the awesome comment!
Its not paint its stain, its ment to block the suns damaging rays .
The darker it is the longer it lasts. If you can see the wood grain you have to put a new finnish on about 3 to 5 years the dark stuff can las 3 times as long.
Personally I like the look of wood better, you you dont protect it it turns an ash color I dont like but some people do.
Id rather put some kind of finnish on it
Mine I do a moghangy outdoor color
With a gloss look its stunning on ceder or Cypress woods. A gloss paint holds up better outside to. A flat or eggshell won't last as long.
I've seen a few houses with a high gloss exterior they look really good. And the paint job lasts a lot longer on them.
I breezed through a painted floor in my house in literally an hour. The room just on the other side of the wall I spend weeks by hand using chemicals and sanders. I'm so in love with the diamabrush. I just wish it worked as efficiently on the exterior wood siding that is haunting and pursuing me in my nightmares.
Thanks! Is it not working good on the siding?
Why do you think that was? The moisture had not totally left the wood before he painted so it peeled the paint up?
i would gladly pay for that tool to save my heart from the swearing and anger from scrapping. my patience would crumble
This one certainly served me well Taylor. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video, very helpful.
Thanks for watching Ziftar. Glad you enjoyed!
We used the Diamabrush on our 1906 Victorian. It takes some finesse but with care, it easily removed 117 yrs of old paint pretty efficiently. You will still need to hand scrape the nooks & crannies, but that is to be expected.
The first blade lasted longer than we thought before it lost a blade. I think it managed to clear over 600 sq feet. Be forewarned you will need a mask, safety glasses and a face shield. THX for the helpful video.
Thanks for watching and sharing your experience Allen! I'm glad that it worked out for you. Sounds like an interesting project.
Chris Craft painted over cedar in 1947 when mahogany was hard to get. I wonder what it would have looked like unpainted
Thanks for watching Laguna. It would be interesting to see. I'm assuming that the Chris Craft is a boat?
That's pretty awesome I want to do my deck
Thanks for watching Helen. It worked really well for what I used it for. I hope it works every bit as well for you!
@@themostlymikeshow2582 Thank u🤓🤸
I learned it's better to use the oil stains on cedar and redwood because of the tannin in them. All of our 80 year old house paint is pealing like a bandaid. I've been using an oscillating chisel tool that is driving me nuts. Be sure to use an oil based primer on the redwood and cedar if you are repainting. Thanks for this review, I'm off to the store!
Thanks for watching Conservative Hippie Patriot and William Tell! I used a translucent oil stain on this project, but just bought an opaque version in the color that my neighbor suggested. There's no sign of degradation of the original coat after over two years. I used "Woodsman" brand sold oil based stain by Tru Value Hardware stores, which I had great success with. Not sure if those stores are in your area. They mixed whatever color I wanted.
@@themostlymikeshow2582 - Thanks for the tips, I'm an electrician, not a magician, I've had to get re trained at 70 yrs old, lol. Nice work.
You put my mind in the gutter now continue!
Ha ha! Thanks for watching winros!
FYI: At 01:35 mm:ss, I heard your angle grinder's 90 degree gear train SCREAM, "PLEASE, open me up and RELUBE/GREASE ME!" Seriously, EVERYBODY, open up your angle grinders and drills and hammer drills and roto-hammer front transmissions. You'll find grease inside, and it is touching everything but, THE GEARS!
Thanks for watching and the helpful tip! That sounds like a great video topic for the future. 🤔 I might just do that some day.
Nice video, and now I'm a subscriber. Wanted to see a real person use this tool.
Thanks for watching and subscribing Ken! There's another of my videos that feature the Diamabrush where I renovated the house which I will be doing a lot of my filming in the future videos. I stripped some old pressure treated, which pretty much finished up the lifespan of that diamabrush. I believe that it was worth the money for the work that it saved me.
My brother's house had thick, old growth, redwood siding.
Someone in the past decided to cover it with stucco.
Wow Pat, I bet that redwood siding looked beautiful. Are you uncovering it?
@@themostlymikeshow2582 We recovered some from the inside of the house.
The previous owners covered it up with drywall when they built and addition.
It made a nice bench.
That's cool. Redwood is getting rare. I have some old textured Redwood wainscoting given to me that I have been saving for something special. The dust from Redwood is more toxic than most woods, so it definitely pays to use a mask.
@@themostlymikeshow2582 I've worked with Padauk before. It's even worse.
But Redwood splinters are extremely annoying.
Don’t ever sand against the grain !
I agree! Thanks for watching.
I have found every time we have used one it just tears the wood all to hell.
Thanks for watching. It left some whiskers that I had to follow up with the random orbit, but it wasn't too bad on this Cedar.
Prefer by far the Paint Shaver. Not plastic gizmo that you can’t replace the blades. Also, how do you make sure you are parallel to the board?
That said thank you!
Thanks for watching! It seems like you sort of get a natural feel for when it hits that sweet spot and is parallel. You can also tell by the sound that it makes. I found that adding a little more pressure to favor one side seems to make it work better in some situations. I hope that this helps.
@@themostlymikeshow2582 fair enough . For sure less expensive than the Proshaver.
Good Job. I just bought one.
Thanks for watching Mick! I hope that yours serves you well as mine has. I featured it in my house renovation video, and it pretty much wore out after doing the front porch on old pressure treated lumber that had paint on it. Still well worth the price for the work that it saved. Best of luck on your project!
Best product ever bf loves it.
Thanks for watching Michele! I wore mine out, but it was worth every penny for the work that it saved me.
Why didn't you purchase the vacuum shroud to collect all the dust.. Especially if your stripping lead based paint..
You wanna make sure to test for Lead that look like an old building.
There’s lead in everyone’s pipes were good
I agree Ray. I wore as much PPE as I had, and what will be... Wilk be! 😁
Excellent!!!
Thanks for watching FreightDawg. Glad you enjoyed!
love your voice like smooth velvet.
Thanks Lisa! The audio quality has been a constant battle for me making these videos. It is music to my soul when it gets noticed. Thank you very much!
I'm going to buy this today
Thanks for watching Drew! I don't think that you'll regret it! Mine worked incredibly!
What a great video
Thanks for watching and the kind words Theresa!
Great video and great find! Looks like its worth the money. Can I use the same blade for removing paint off concrete porch? If not, do you know which blade can I use? Thank you!
Thanks Sunshant! I don't know for sure how it would work on concrete, but my thoughts are that it would probably wear out quickly. They work excellent on wood, but there's a little learning curve to keep it flat to avoid digging in too far. I'll look around to see what works good for painted concrete. Thanks for watching!
I took a quick look, and it looks like a lot of people use the chemical strippers for concrete. I don't have much experience with those, but here's a link to one that seems to get decent as well as mixed reviews. I hope that this helps. Here's the link :
amzn.to/3v0h4IV
@@themostlymikeshow2582 wow!! Thank you so much for helping me out brother! Appreciate your due diligence!! Great work and good content!!
Glad to help out!
Hi Mike. Great video, good ideas and liked your humor too. I have a deck with fir boards painted with Behr Deckover paint. They are peeling up badly, all over. I should be able to use an angle grinder on it to do the job too, right? Most professionals advise using a floor sander.
Thanks for watching and the kind words! Are you asking if you would be able to use an angle grinder with the Diamabrush? I'm not really an expert in this field, but more of just a hobbyist. I film much of what I do, and the Diamabrush made a tough job easy for me. They are an aggressive tool, so I would recommend being very careful, and start out in an inconspicuous area to see how it does. Be sure to wear all of the safety gear because there's going to be dust, and debris flying in all directions.
@@themostlymikeshow2582 Thank you for the quick reply. I think I will use this angle grinder and diamabrush tool to strip the paint off my deck. I will be sure to use PPE on the job.
@@yewkiamakuahui2296 No problem. I hope that it works well for you.
Well that just saved us a lot of hell. Our deck was painted just four years ago and the paint is chipping off bad. Everything we've tried so far is miserable. This looks like it'll do the trick.
Thanks for watching and commenting Vociferon. I hope that it works as well or better for you. Please let me know how it works if you get a chance.
Be careful with hitting nails, the blades will go flying! Great tool but the neighbors may hate you do to the amount of dust
Yeah, there was a crazy amount of dust Bob. Thanks for watching!
To keep your sponsors happy I just ordered one! I’m going to start my project as soon as we take down our Christmas decorations. I will make a follow up comment.
Thanks Fred! Very much appreciated. Merry Christmas to you and your family! 🎄
..."It should make THAT sound!" -what , the piano? Mine doesn't sound like that. ;-) Thanks for the video, I've been curious about the diamabrush.
Thanks Ed. I'm glad you enjoyed. I had excellent luck with mine. I used it in another video, which was the bike shop renovation one. I featured some of the footage from this, but I also used it on some pressure treated wood. I actually wore it down pretty good on that job, but for the time that it saved, it was well worth the price to me. I will definitely buy another if a paint stripping job comes up. Thanks for watching!
What could I use to remove paint from drywall? I'm looking for a mechanical way. The current primer uses has strong biocides that's making me sick.
Thanks for watching. I'm sorry, but I'm not sure what to use for that. I am not much of a painter, but just wanted to share my experience with the Diamabrush. I'm nearly certain that the Diamabrush would tear up drywall. There's a tool that resembles scotch Brite that you use with a drill which may be less aggressive, but not sure.
Could I use diamabrush with the Wagner Paint Eater? Same 4 1/2 disk size
Hi Piper56! I had to look the Wagner Paint Eater up to see what it is because I'm not familiar with them. I don't know for sure, but I am having doubts about how safe it would be to use after seeing how that tool has to be held. I wish that I could give you a more accurate answer.
@@themostlymikeshow2582 Hi, Thanks for getting back to me. I found out the RPM of the Diamabrush is higher then what the Wagner Paint Eater can supply, so I’m going to take it back and get an angle grinder to hold the Diamabrush disk. Wagner Paint Eater is ok if you got a door or smaller jobs around the home.
Interesting. I am doing a door in the not too distant future, and maybe I will look into the Paint Eater for that job. I featured the Diamabrush in my other video where I renovated the entire exterior of a house that is going to be the place that I do most of my bike maintenance and product review videos. Thanks for watching and commenting. It helps this channel grow.
@@themostlymikeshow2582 Depends on the thickness of the paint that you want to strip off. Paint Eater would be sufficient for removing a few coats paint and perfect for any stain stripping. I didn’t see many door refinish videos but I bet you could make a helpful video to help homeowners!
Thanks! I might have to try that!
Would this work to strip a wooden door? The previous owner painted 3 indoor doors the same hideous brown color! I want to remove the doors & work on them outdoors. I don’t have a lot of strength to handle a powerful tool so any suggestions would help.
Thanks for watching Mourning Dove. I really don't know if it would be too aggressive for that door or not. Are they smooth doors? Or do they have panels with contoured edges?
I'm gonna put this on my weed whackker and try it on my deck...
Wow! 😳 That would make an interesting video! Please be careful. Also, please let me know how it works for you. I'm intrigued! Hope it works!
@@themostlymikeshow2582 hey what could go wrong?!?
Ha ha! That's a phrase that I use a lot!
a NZ company makes a weedeater sander with water cooling.Anderson Sander. Made onemyself from shortened shaft petrol machine.
Does it work good for you n g?
the flat surface is always the easiest part, how much time and scrapers did it take to do the bottom edges?
Thanks for watching Igor. You are correct about the flat surfaces, but the small scraping that I showed in the video to get in the nooks and crannies was pretty representative of the entire thing. I will have to look through the footage from that video. It was 3 years ago, but I might have footage of me scraping the whole thing that I could make into a time lapse possibly. That triangular scraper did a pretty good job of getting almost all of it in one swipe. The soft wood sort of helped because a small amount of it came off with the paint. The scrapers were very sharp.
You asked how many scrapers. It was just that one triangular one, and it was still nice and sharp when I was done.
@@themostlymikeshow2582 thank you
Use a dust extractor with that, get a shroud
Thanks for watching Lexander! I'm sure that would have helped a lot. It was a last minute thing, so I just wore a mask, which made me look quite wooly with the dust and debris piled up on myself!
@@themostlymikeshow2582 Don't worry much about it. I bought the money for the shroud and a 50 foot extension hose for the shop vac. It does not suck up nearly as much as it should because the blades extend about 3/4 inch past the shroud on my DeWalt angle grinder. It was a waste of money and the shroud did nothing much but add weight to the grinder AND prevented smooth workflow. My shroud is metal and has a little door to open for edges. You literally have to have your face right in there to make sure that the blades are connecting properly. I'm just afraid of using it while standing on a ladder because there is some kickback when the angle is wrong. Maybe my grinder is too powerful and I need less RPM's. I don't know. I know it has to be less than 11,000 RPM's. Overall, I love this beauty. Cleans up old wood nice and fast. Works best on flat surfaces.
@@idontknow2594 my thoughts exactly. I just used a respirator and it was what it was. I don't do this type of work all the time so even this exposure was minimal. I appreciate you watching and taking the time to share your thoughts and experience with your Diamabrush.
Do you think this diamond wheel would work for taking paint off of cinder block?
Thanks for watching. The Diamabrush in this video is not made for that, but I put a link in the description for one that is designed for concrete. I haven't tested this tool, but I hope that this helps you.
I don't know what angle grinder to get. This is frustrating me!!! i'm spending too much time trying to find infornation
Hi Helen. Thanks for watching. It all depends on what your budget is. DeWalt makes a pretty good one, but they are a little pricier than the Harbor Freight brand. If you have never used these angle grinders before, please be careful. They are all very powerful and aggressive. Make sure you hold it with both hands when you use it and try using it on some practice stuff to see what it is going to try to do. Not trying to scare you. They are a wonderful tool, but should be used with care.
Are the same dangers present when using the diamabrush with an angle grinder as there is with the regular disks? Also, how cheap can I go on the grinder if the diamabrush is so great?
Thanks for watching. I believe that the dangers would be as great or even greater with the Diamabrush. As for using a cheap grinder, I have not heard any reports on that. I definitely would not recommend using battery powered grinders on larger jobs. Definitely use eye and face protection, as well as a respirator and gloves. Remember to be aware that the paint that you are removing may contain lead.
@@themostlymikeshow2582 Ok thank you so much!
@Ismimical No problem. Good luck on your project!
@@themostlymikeshow2582 Thank you!
Great tool but these cost close to $200 in Canada atm, insane.
Holy crap! Even on the Amazon link in my description? They should ship to Canada.
Can compare to carbide bits. Curious to look at their other products
Hi Ikust. I hadn't tried any of their other products, but I believe that they make some models that are larger and have replaceable flaps. Thanks for watching.
@@themostlymikeshow2582 fair enough . Will look at them .
Thank you !
Thanks for the info
Thanks for watching. I'm glad it helped!
2:47 demonstration begins. You're welcome.
Thanks for watching.
Great Video! Thanks. My house is an 1857 Victorian with some very bad and weathered paint. Also paint that looks almost identical to your test walls. Have you used the Diamabrush on thicker paint layers, some of which are latex that can sometimes gum up the best systems? Also have you seen this product mounted on an angle grinder with a shop vac collector system... often required when removing paint in a city environment. Thanks, again.
Thanks for watching Blackbeard. Sorry, I haven't really done much with thicker coats. I tried it on painted pressure treated and it wasn't quite as good. It may have just been worn down though, and I wasn't getting another because there wasn't much left to do. They do wear out, but save a lot of work and time.
As for dust collection, I have not tried it. I would at minimum use a good respirator. I hope that this helps.
An older home like yours will have lead paint in the deeper layers. Using a power scraper or sander will create lots of lead dust and chips, it'd be better for your health to just take your time and do it by hand. Especially don't power scrape if you have kids.
Thanks for watching and the words of advice Jamie.
Hi I have old Tounge n grove siding in conjunction with this Dimond brush what tool would you use to get in the narrow grooves so I can caulk and paint.
Thank you sir!
Thanks for watching. There's a variety of different shapes of scrapers that work pretty well for getting into those grooves similar to the one that I used in this video. I hope that this helps.
Home depot sales the model
So u can replace each blade
Cool! I'll have to check it out! Thanks!
A 7 inch 16 grid sanding disc in the 5 inches makita sander is much faster and easy .
Thanks Julio! I'll have to give that a try next time I have to strip paint.
where can I get a bigger safety guard? I’m trying to use it with a 4 1/2 inch angle grinder but the guard won’t go over it. Any recommendations on a replacement guard or adjustment I can make?
Thanks for watching Amanda. Gosh, I'm not sure. I thought that they fit most angle grinders. I wish that I could be of more help.
Newbie here. Are all 4.5 grinders compatible with this? I'm looking at DEWALT 20V MAX* Angle Grinder Tool. Appreciate any guidance.
Thanks for watching. I think that the battery grinders would work, but I don't think that the life would be long on a charge unless you used high amp hour batteries, like over 6ah. I would recommend a corded one for best results. Harbor freight has those Bauer brand that are priced pretty reasonable and get decent reviews. I hope that this helps.
how do you clean between the deck boards? I suppose you must clean the deck rail parts with a sander, correct?
Hi Theodore. Thanks for watching. I'm really not sure how to get between the decking boards. I'm guessing that the sander or one of those heavy abrasive scotch brite type wheels will work for the railing parts. I think that the Diamabrush would be too aggressive for those.
I'd like to see how the diamabrush does on 5-6 layers of 100 year old paint
That would be interesting to see. I'm thinking that it probably wouldn't work as smooth as the one or two coats of 30 or so year old paint on that room I stripped.
We have 8-10 layers of paint over 100 years old. Home built 1845. You’ll have to hold tool at an angle. Once you get a chip off , the rest will lift off as long as you follow that line. Takes a bit longer and technique is important. Placing it flat in the beginning won’t do it
100 year old paint - I would be worried about lead paint and the dust this tool makes. Dont want to be breathing that stuff in.
@@michaelswindle3141 oh it's definitely lead, vac attached to the grinder and a respirator mask a must
Just to point out, that tool looks good, but what does it cost? Secondly I used what amounts to scotch bright wheel on my 4" body grinder, but my house is only 27 years old way too young for lead paint, now on that subject do your negibors know you just dusted every house in a 5 mile radius with lead paint dust. Dont use these on older homes and a hepa mask unless your a licensed pro whos certified at lead paint removal you can get a serious fine. If you house is older then about 1985 the chance its lead paint is very high test it first if it is you by law have to hire then job out to pros.
The scratch pad I used works pretty well.
It would be good on your house to get what you couldn't with the dimond wheel insted of hand scraping becuse you can use the wheel side unlike that dimond wheel. So your crannys can be striped too.
I put links in the description, but I think that I paid around 60 dollars at Sherwin Williams for mine while behind schedule, but I believe Lowes has them for 50 bucks. Thanks for watching!
@@themostlymikeshow2582 My Lowe's has them for $60. And I believe you can get two-packs on Amazon for slightly cheaper direct from manufacturer.
Hello, what gauge of angle grinder did you use, and what brand? I bought one of the products, and it did not fit the 4.5 inch grinder. Thanks.
Hello Shijulin. My grinder is Metabo brand. It's a 6 in, but I believe it will work on the four and a half inch versions of Metabo as well. Thanks for watching. I hope this helps.
Hard to focus on the video. OK, maybe just semi-hard, because I was focusing on the package it came in 😎
Ha ha! Thanks for watching Tom.
What model of angle grinder did you say you are using? I have this huge and heavy DeWalt and it's not making the work look even half as easy as your video. Plus, I noticed you aren't using the shroud...perhaps it's the shroud that is getting in the way of getting in there where the top of one layer meets the bottom of the other and at the ends.
I don't know the exact model of grinder, but it's a Metabo brand. They have a lot of different models, but I believe that all Metabo models perform pretty well. I'm heading back from a trip, and will get the numbers from both of mine for you.
Sure hope he did a lead testfirst
Hi this looks like a great tool. I have an old deck with some very thick textured paint on it that is already peeling on its own but in most parts it stuck on tight. Can it be attached to an extender pole without having to get down on knees or bending back?
Thanks for watching Alpha. I've never heard of anyone using a pole, but I think that it would probably have a tendency to kick back, which could be dangerous.
@@themostlymikeshow2582 HI I did some research and maybe your viewers would like to know that this disc also comes in a larger size (16 inch diameter) that fits a #09 Stand up push style orbital sander. This would save a lot of back breaking work for those of us who can't spend time kneeling and bending our backs over stripping a large wooden deck. They can both be rented at home depot, which is also more financially efficient since the disc this size is quite costly. So a one day rental would be worth it. This would save hours of time and your back and knees as well.
Thanks Alpha! That's good to know.
Hey. Do you think this can be used on porcelain tiles to remove a slight sheen on it that causes slipping when rain falls? Looking forward to your response. Great video. Thank you.
Hi Trini. Thanks for watching. I think that it would probably damage the tiles or the tool, just my opinion. I would probably contact Diamabrush customer service and see if they would have anything to recommend. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
This tool too aggressive for that. I think they sell some special acid that etches the surface such that it disolves some of the top and makes the tile more anti-slip.
Do you think this would take 1/8 inch off the top of a deck if I wanted to use it as a massively aggressive sander?
Hi Joe! I believe that it would take an eighth of an inch off. When I bought mine at Sherwin-Williams they had a sample piece that shows what it could do. They had that thick deck coating on it and I would say there is at least 1/8 of an inch removed. That tool is a real Beast! Thank you for watching.
What I really liked about it is that unlike sandpaper, this thing didn't seem to clog up like sanding Wheels seem to do
I a 1000 Square foot house to do how many do I need do you think
Thanks for watching Devin. I guess that it would depend on how heavy the paint that needs removed is among other things. I was able to do about 250 sq ft with one, and I would estimate that it could do about half of that again. I used mine on some really old pressure treated that was painted in one the whole exterior renovation video for the front porch. For some reason, that painted decking really wore it out quickly. It was pretty worn when I started on it though. I wish that I could be of more help.
Great video man! Did you go back with a random orbit sander after? Id love for you to review the Makita GV5010 with 7in fiber back discs. 👍
Thanks Dillan! Glad you enjoyed. If I had that Makita GV 5010, I would definitely do a review on it. I don't get many requests, but I like when I get them. My channel is mainly about fixing bikes and mountain biking, but I love tools as well, and I believe that a lot of mountain bikers enjoy tool reviews too. I will ask around my friends and see if anyone has that Makita model. Is it an orbital sander? I did go over it really fast with a random orbit, but it was just an older Craftsman with mirka paper to knock off the whiskers from the cedar.
The whole remodeling project on that exterior of the house is in my latest video. It's lengthy, but I tried to add as much of my cornball humor as I could to keep it interesting, or at least attempt.
The Makita GV5010 is a very light weight disc sander that's spins at around 5000rpm rather than the 10000-12000rpm of an angle grinder. It doesn't have a random orbit action just spins like a grinder. Painters love it because they can use it with one hand on a ladder but it's still more powerful than a random orbit sander.
I will have to look into one of those!
How long does one set of blades last?
Thanks for watching. I used mine for that job in the video and then on a painted pressure treated deck. After the pressure treated deck the blades were pretty badly worn, but the may have came from the screw heads. They are made of pretty hard steel.
Wow amazibg
Thanks for watching Daniel! I was amazed at it's performance myself.
I wonder if this thing will work on the paint eater tool other then a grinder
Thanks for watching Johnny! I have never used a paint Eater tool before, so not sure how the wheel attaches, or if it would spin fast enough to make it work. Sorry that I couldn't be of more help.
Fantastic to have restored that beautifully colored cedar and then what you stained it gray?😭 Nooooo....
I know, I know... 🤷🤦I could've picked a better color... Thanks for watching!
What are your thoughts on Wegner paint eater?
Not sure Nick. I haven't done much in the line of paint removal. I tried this Diamabrush to get this job done and thought it was worth making a video on. I think that they get decent reviews, but I can't confirm of deny that. Thanks for watching. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.
I assume this would work well for removing paint from a painted floor?
Hi Marianne. Thanks for watching. If the floor is made of wood underneath, I don't see any reason why it wouldn't work. I think that I might have seen a video where someone used it on a floor before.
What what tool do I need to use the blade and how can I hook it up to a vacuum. I'm restoring a 1920s house it's over 3,000 ft and it's cedar just like the gentleman it's a Victorian gingerbread. I desperately need help scraping it to the wood because it has lead paint please advise please. You did a great job here I'm going to get a lift that's what I would have suggested to you sir a scissor lift or a boom.
Hi Craige. Are you talking about the machine I used with the Diamabrush, or the scraper tool? I left Amazon links in the description for both of those, but I will paste them in a comment below this. Some browsers are difficult to view the video descriptions..
This is the Scraper tool :
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This is the search for the grinder motor :
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@@themostlymikeshow2582 Thank you, so much sir.
@@themostlymikeshow2582 thank you so much Mike. I'm going to buy the grinder tool on your recommendation sir. Along with the scraper tool sir. I have a gingerbread Victorian house with clapboard. I want to get the layers of paint off it's lead-based paint sir can you recommend a grinder that has a vacuum attachment and will any HEPA vacuum contain the lead dust. Will the grinder get the material off and one pass. The house is over 3,000 square feet. It's three stories. Any idea of how many gallons of paint to use. And if so would you make recommend a sprayer. Would you recommend the sprayer through Amazon I have an account. I promise that I will buy what you recommend you have my word sir. I never expected a person to get back to me. I would like to use your recommendation in this house and then post the results. Possibly email you the pictures of before and after with your recommendations listed. I am a first-time homeowner. I fell in love with this house, I'm going to paint it dark maroon. The blood of my Lord. Any suggestions would be helpful. The paint is bubbling in some areas. But the direction of the peeling is where the weather in the rain hits it the most. 60% of the house doesn't need to be scraped. But the other part that's peeling needs to be scraped. And it's LED paint any links or anything that you could say would be very helpful to me please continue to help others and God bless you sir.