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paint stripper question......
my earlier post i recieved alot of good onfo on what to use to stripper
a dresser.... and now i have another question.... has anyone in here used a product called citrus strip? if so is it any good?... reason i am asking is the people at home depot said it would be good to use since it doesnt have a chemical smell o it. any help would be appreciated... thaks in advance |
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wrote in message ... my earlier post i recieved alot of good onfo on what to use to stripper a dresser.... and now i have another question.... has anyone in here used a product called citrus strip? if so is it any good?... reason i am asking is the people at home depot said it would be good to use since it doesnt have a chemical smell o it. any help would be appreciated... thaks in advance It works, it does smell if citrus, if you are in a closed space it can get kind of strong. It is not fast, you have to wait hours for it to work, but if it dries out all you ahve to do is spray water on it and it activates it again. Redi Strip works same as citra strip but it has no smell at all. Both are slow because they have taken all the haserdous chemicals out of them. Larry |
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"Old_boat" wrote in
news wrote in message ... my earlier post i recieved alot of good onfo on what to use to stripper a dresser.... and now i have another question.... has anyone in here used a product called citrus strip? if so is it any good?... reason i am asking is the people at home depot said it would be good to use since it doesnt have a chemical smell o it. any help would be appreciated... thaks in advance It works, it does smell if citrus, if you are in a closed space it can get kind of strong. It is not fast, you have to wait hours for it to work, but if it dries out all you ahve to do is spray water on it and it activates it again. Redi Strip works same as citra strip but it has no smell at all. Both are slow because they have taken all the haserdous chemicals out of them. Larry I've used Citristrip to remove polyurethane (?) from kitchen cabinets. I don't remember it taking hours, more like 30-45 minutes. One application to get rid of most of the coating, and a lighter subsequent application to remove residue. Don't know/remember how well it works on paint. This was 3-4 years ago and the polyurethane was in poor condition, so that may have been a factor. |
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Citristrip works much more slowly than standard strippers and by a
different mechanism. The citrus smell goes a long way and gives me a headache after a while even in well ventilated conditions. Citristrip is an NMP based stripper. It works by dissolving the finish rather than releasing it from the surface as methylene chloride does. That's why it is slow. It is fairly safe because of its slow evaporation rate but it is on the expensive side. I found I still had to solvent wash the pieces I have used it on after removing the stripper. As far as a "chemical smell", all "smells" are from chemicals. Some are more toxic than others and some are more pleasant than others but they are all "chemical". Good Luck. wrote in message ... my earlier post i recieved alot of good onfo on what to use to stripper a dresser.... and now i have another question.... has anyone in here used a product called citrus strip? if so is it any good?... reason i am asking is the people at home depot said it would be good to use since it doesnt have a chemical smell o it. any help would be appreciated... thaks in advance |
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