" Most brownstones are as the name implies still brownstone but in many cases people have painted them brown. Usually because the brownstone itself has started to deteriorate and didn't look very good they feared they put a coat of paint on it it would help. In most cases it does and what we've done here is we've repainted the brownstone paint at the lower level. But we've gone to a great deal of trouble to remove the paint buildup that was here. And we've actually gone to a lot of trouble to remove it from the carved panels the decorative floral carvings that worked in two locations above me here. Just below the the iron work and it's at the bottom of the windows. And all of this is original detailing that after a century's worth of maintenance and retaining. Gets so much paint on it that you -- keep on doing that it just starts to look messy and sloppy and it loses its crispness. I mean if you look at the detailing along here. It's beautifully done iron work. And that you want to maintain it looking crisp like this so after awhile you just have to take off some of the excess. We're lucky that we've got just the right hander Eric not a bond is here. And Eric you've done a great job of of stripping before painting -- now in terms of what you used her to strip all that buildup from the iron work would. What approach did you take."

" Well we apply it I'll cannot alkaline based stripper and we've covered it would paper. And we just removed that it removes up to thirty coats of paint that's -- with the peel away genteel way yes okay we'll put our and we used. Methane chloride. Chemicals to remove this and as you see all these flowers and these anyways they have. They had all worked when he layers of paint build up. And we need it to do do about. Five to six times of of applying the stripper and carving out all the built up paint in order to get -- to detailing of the declaration exactly yet."

" Well these are beautiful and the one behind -- just finishing up so the paint job now does need the key thing with. With restoring iron like this is made to take off all that buildup and then not to put too much other stuff on it. So let's let's talk a little bit about what you've already done here you've primed it with."

" What well that's correct weak refining that with all of metal rust preventing. Primer paint and its oil base. And we applied with a brush not too thick so we don't lose these. Clean edges and we want to stay nice and Chris. And then you apply one coat of you oil based paint now is there some reason why you couldn't go with a latex. Well oil paint seems to work better in these. These occasions in these certain kind yeah for metal right for metal for the most part now on the weather has turned here in New York right now it's it's gotten. Pretty cold I guess it's up about 32 now that's and does that does that mean that you really shouldn't be creating went. Well we we shouldn't be really paint him -- we could try some spots and and we could leave it in to see Howard actually holds I wanted to try it here is were right shows the radiator. And certainly have a brush to use our -- and ox. Ox hair oil bristle brush in hand -- angle -- an excellent. Which is really good to get into these little spots that we have here yes and this lets you apply the paint evenly and and very smooth. You want to dab a little bit in him all that -- be felt dabbing is good yeah that in as good and then you just kind that clean it a little bit and make sure that there's no drips. Coming through and initial look beautiful -- it's. That gone. So one of the keys is to remember that you don't want to go up too much paint on on this -- you want to go. Sparingly when you load your brush don't put too much on that's correct because you haven't met in human tendency to. Does something like this and then you have paint. Coming through and we would have to definitely clean no let up and dab as much as possible into a nice light hand sweet."