Home Strip Paint & Varnish Remover - Water Based, Toxic & Solvent Free Paint Stripper for Ceramic, Concrete, Wood, Plaster, Masonry (1L)

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Home Strip is totally ph neutral so no need to neutralise afterwards. Just wash down with a damp cloth or sponge and leave to dry naturally. Coatings with textured surfaces can be easily removed using our X-Tex Artex Remover utilising a working wet system which makes it safe to do.

Use an old soft paintbrush to spread a liberal amount of product over your door. Leave it for 20 minutes plus and make yourself a cup of tea whilst it starts to work. Take a scraper with a clean smooth edge and gently wedge it under the varnish, if it lifts then it is ready to remove all of the varnishes. Work your way over the whole door and use sandpaper if there are areas that your scraper can’t get to. Wipe your door over with a damp cloth and leave it to dry fully before you paint again with oil, varnish or paint. How do I use Eco Solutions Home Strip® Paint & Varnish Stripper for Removing Varnish from Floorboards? If the surface you are working on is wooden this may not be the ideal solution as obviously it involves the use of water and thus the water will be absorbed by the wood making it swell so before re-painting can commence you will have to give it plenty of time to dry out. In most cases this can be achieved by using white spirit, adding some to a rag and then wiping the surface over ensuring that you have covered the entire surface.

An Alternative to Traditional Liquid/Gel Chemical Strippers

You can also use wet and dry sandpaper. This is very similar to the conventional sandpaper type only you can dip it is water before you begin sanding over the surface.

It’s best practice to do this with a paint scraper, but you may find that it’s possible to lift away any small little nooks and crannies with wire wool or with a cloth you have lying around. Revamping an old table is hugely rewarding and will cost you much less than buying a new one. A revamped and upcycled table can be stripped and repainted with another varnish, oil or paint to give it the look you want to suit your decor and style. Apply a liberal amount of stripper all over the table surface using an old soft paintbrush. If you can remove the legs of the table then do this after you have removed the varnish from the tabletop as this means you won’t need to worry about the varnish that is deep in the joins of the legs and tabletop that can be difficult to remove. Gently lift the varnish following the direction of the grain using a smooth-edged scraper. When you have removed all of the varnish layers wipe it over with warm soapy water and you will see a huge difference, you may be surprised at the original colour and grain which layers of varnish will hide and it will often change your mind about what you will do with it next. Wood oil is an amazing product to use to upcycle a table after the varnish has been removed as it will protect it but you will still see the original wood and surface which can be beautiful. How do I use Eco Solutions Home Strip® Paint & Varnish Stripper for Removing Varnish from a Wooden Bench or Garden Furniture?

Unlike the gel type where in most cases you can see the reaction occurring, you will be unable to if you use paste so ensure you wait for the full amount of time specified by the manufacturer. As you can guess this involves a fair amount of elbow grease and due to this fact is only a realistic solution for small jobs where there is only a very thin layer of paint that needs to be removed.

Home Strip is safe. It is solvent free and will not harm your skin or other parts of your body. Care should be taken of course, but Home Strip is water based and can be washed off, and away, very easily with no detrimental effects. For a really scary alternative read on…………………. The belt sander type – an oval belt revolves around a set of rollers rubbing the sandpaper over the surface Eco Solutions‘ products are all safe-to-use, water-based, non-toxic products and there is one for most jobs whether you are upcycling, cleaning or stripping in your home or commercially. You should always wear protective goggles and gloves when using a heat gun and be really vigilant as you are doing it so as not to overheat the surface and burn yourself.

Removal of Paint and Varnish From Timber

Researched, developed and manufactured in the UK, Home Strip™ is a revolutionary unique patented water–based paint stripper using science not solvents that is safer to its user and the environment than conventional hazardous solvents. Home Strip® awarded Millennium Products Status for creative and innovative products for the Millennium. If you wanted to, you could also sand the wood after you’ve stripped the paint. But, of course, this all depends on what you intend to do next. If you plan to repaint the wood, sanding is essential. It’s also very easy to get carried away and go past the surface you are trying to remove and burrow into the surface below as some machines can be quite aggressive. It can also be difficult to work on shaped or decorative items.