Jeff Liebermann wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

Depending where you live ... methylene chloride strippers are banned
here apart from for professional use

Thanks. I forgot to mumble something about the VOC ban.

EU wide ban for household use of DCM

http://www.paintsquare.com/news/?fuseaction=view&id=7328

I've never tried to obtain the real stuff in the UK since the ban, but
it seems to exist on ebay/amazon so presumably some suppliers are less
strict than others about who qualifies as "professional"