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A New Paint Remover! (for furniture or other wood projects)

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Well, on the advice of a friend, I found a new paint remover for wood. It saved me this weekend! I had put a varnish/sealer on the deck steps this weekend and it turned white! It wasn't the product, it was me! A friend recommended trying oven cleaner, instead of some of those super strong caustic strippers. Well, by golly, it worked!!

I have now used it on a couple smaller thrift store finds and its wonderful! I bought a little table that had 5 layers of paint on it and they are all gone! All I had to do was shake the oven cleaner (A no name brand from the dollar store) really well, spray it on and wait about 20 minutes. I then sprayed it with a plain old garden hose to rinse it; then applied again (there was no scraping like with strippers). Two times of this and it's done. I used a regular scrub brush around the cracks and corners and it all came off. I had to pass this on to ya... it's a great time saver!

~Kim

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15 Oct, 2006 | Michelle

Hi All!
I just did the first steps for this paint removing method and it worked!!!! I am so delighted, I will do the second spraying tomorrow to remove the last layer of paint cant wait to finish the door up.
Thanks again Kim for the tip! I and my family are flea market, yard sale and thrift store junkies and I am going to share this info with my whole family! (*_*)
Chelle

15 Oct, 2006 | Michelle

I am trying this tonight and hope it really works. I would like to know what kind of paint it works on, will it work on the glossy paint also? What kind of paint did it remove for you Kim?
(*_*)
Chelle

02 Oct, 2006 | Lynda

My husband is a carpenter and passed this goodie on to him. Just recently he had put the wrong tinted varnish on 20 kitchen doors and to a great expense to remove his BIG BOO BOO ....... definitly will try.

25 Sep, 2006 | Kristal

This certainly puts my fears of refinishing my jelly cabinet to ease! I'll have to give this a try sometime soon! Thanks!! :)