Step-by-Step Instructions and Pictures for How to Use Wood Strippers

By Michael Dresdner
Here are safe, effective techniques and tips for using wood strippers. Read an overview for how to use wood strippers.
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Slow and Safe
Safest Stripper, made by 3M, can be used indoors without special ventilation or gloves (although if your skin is sensitive, you may want to wear them anyway). Safest Stripper is particularly effective on oil-based paint and polyurethane. However, it can take as long as 24 hours to soften a finish. Safest Stripper seems to pull oil-based finish out of the pores better than other strippers, so it’s handy for woods like oak and ash. Because it's water-based, it will raise the wood grain and can loosen veneer.
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I noticed when using paint strippers,they tend to dry quickly. I'm having a hard time either sanding or using a good solvet to loosen the dried stripper product. What should on edo to loosen the dried stripping solution.

By albert, on 11/17/2009

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