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Posted by RickH on August 17, 2007, 9:33 am
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> > > Guess you're suggesting a chemical stripper. Which should I use, since
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> > > would be working on both layers, which are of different paint?
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> > > The top layer would be easy to remove mechanically, but messy. Well, no
> > > paint is easy to remove :-) Bottom (I suspect oil) is very well
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> > > the wood.
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> > > RichK
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> > > > If you can get it off with a fingernail then stripping it should be
> > > > easy, the new strippers are pretty gentle on your lungs and hands
> > > > compared to years ago. Then you could just prime/paint onto the good
> > > > layer. No, primer wont penetrate it and somehow re-attach the layer
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> > The one I used came in a green and white plastic bucket and was a gel
> > from HD. It was pretty pleasant to work with not like the old lye or
> > solvent strippers. You dont need to take it down to bare wood, just
> > that top layer. Scrape the stripped paint, a little wire brushing,
> > then apply the neutralizer, prime/paint when dry, it doesnt have to
> > look perfect just down to a sound surface. Somebody probably did just
> > slap some latex over an oil finish.
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> You're talking about Citri-Strip or something like that. The problem with
> those types of strippers is that they can take a LONG time to dry, meaning
> the house could possibly be a disaster area for up to a week while trying to
> strip all that stuff. Sometimes it's nice to have a stripper that
> evaporates slowly, other times it can be a nuisance. Scrape, sand, prime,
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It wasn't Citri Strip but it was the one that has the infomercial
(maybe still citris). I still find it easier to strip instead of dry
scraping/sanding, maybe others would rather scrape. This stuff was
not caustic like the old stuff I once used in 1984 and nearly passed
out.
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