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BK2 STRIPPING paint thinner wont work
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You want a epoxy paint stripper not paint thinner. Make sure the stripper you buy says it will work on epoxy paint. also buy a cheap plastic scrapper (.98 cents or so) to scrape with. leave the stripper on for like 15 mins then scrape off the mess. READ ALL WARNINGS ON THE LABEL. be smart and safe and have fun.
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isn't paint thinner typically for liquid paint? typically oil based? or stains?
i don't recall that we ever thinned water based latex paints, but i imagine that someone needs to from time to time.
so, yeah, what they said, you need a stripper and some ventilation... toxic fun.
i don't recall that we ever thinned water based latex paints, but i imagine that someone needs to from time to time.
so, yeah, what they said, you need a stripper and some ventilation... toxic fun.
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yea but you'll be at it all afternoon.
Kitchen gloves, outdoors, cheap putty knife, stripper. Shouldn't break 10 bucks.
citristrip. Is that the stuff that smells good enough to eat but such an action would end in a painful death?
haven't seen it put that way yet, gotta remember that one. you are correct.
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Here's my stripper story.
When I went to wally world to get my stripping stuff, I couldn't find actual "Paint Stripper". I had a hell of a time explaining to the guy that worked in the paint department what "Paint Stripper" was, he kept referring me to Paint Thinner, saying that yes it would take off epoxy coatings. I called bullshit, and explained that the stuff I was looking for was not meant to clean up paint spills, but to remove multiple, baked on coatings of old paint, and was a heavy-duty industrial solvent...I was actually looking through Becker Forum posts on my Iphone as I searched for the paint stripper lol. I finally told him that he obviously didn't have what I was looking for, and that I'd have to go somewhere else. In a last futile effort of searching, I found some "Circa 1850 Furniture Stripper" hidden on a back shelf. It said it would remove Epoxy coating, so I bought it, some plastic paint trays and some Stanley Stripper gloves. I already had some wire-toothbrushes at home to help get the paint off. Set up outside on my apartment balcony, and tested the paint trays by pouring a little of the stripper in one. Came back 10 minutes later and the plastic was warped and buckled, but not eaten through. Put an old cookie sheet under it, threw on the "heavy duty" stripper gloves, and went to work liberally coating the blade in the gel-like liquid. Came back 20 minutes later, and the paint was beginning to come off. Doused it again, and came back another 20 minutes, and it was easily coming off with the wire brush.
Then something strange started happening... My left hand (the one that was coated most with the stripper) started to feel very cold...and hot at the same time. I couldn't see any punctures or tears on the glove, and the inside was totally dry. Kept using it, and my left hand really started to go from feeling tingly, to straight up burning. My right was starting to get the tingly feeling too. I quickly removed the gloves, and washed my hands multiple times, and even applied hand cream to try to cool them down. After 5 or 10 minutes the sensation was gone, and apart from my left hand being a little pinkish (probably just from scrubbing), it felt fine. I went back and carefully turned the glove inside out, there were brown, burn marks on the inside, and the outside seemed to have warped and blistered up around those areas...though it was my entire hand, back and front that burned. My assumption is that the stripper, and gloves reacted in a way that released a gas into the gloves, even through the rubber, resulting in a burn similar to a gasoline burn (...liquid/vapor...not fire lol). I managed to find some thin latex gloves that I used just to finish rinsing the knife off, and was surprised when there wasn't any noticeable reaction to them.
Just a little cautionary tale, I don't know if "furniture stripper" is like Paint stripper's older, evil, pissed off big brother, but even though I used designated "stripping" gloves...made by Stanley...not some no-name dollar store stuff, I still had troubles with the chemicals. Stripper is SERIOUS stuff, I got a few small burns on my arms, from drips and splatters that I let sit for more than a few seconds. I don't think people understand the inherit dangers of using heavy duty chemical solvents, and quite a few, myself included, rush out to get some "paint remover stuff" and a few painting accessories, ready to begin their modding...many don't even read the instructions, uses, or cautions on the side since they see the tutorials and how-to's online and go by that. If I had done a little more research before starting my endeavor, I would have known to use a metal paint tray, not plastic, and read carefully what chemicals the gloves were designed to protect against. I would also have better prepared myself in terms of what I was wearing, probably would have worn a work jacket rather than a tank top lol.
Anyways, good luck with your stripping, by whatever means you go about it, just remember to plan out whatever mod you do, and think about what the inherit risks are. I'm sure if I had used that solvent, with those gloves in say, a small unventilated basement or shed, I could have had some serious problems on my hands. Being a former volunteer firefighter, I've seen what can happen when weekend projects go wrong, chemicals, fires, injuries...Always think of what the risks involved are, and how to prevent them.
When I went to wally world to get my stripping stuff, I couldn't find actual "Paint Stripper". I had a hell of a time explaining to the guy that worked in the paint department what "Paint Stripper" was, he kept referring me to Paint Thinner, saying that yes it would take off epoxy coatings. I called bullshit, and explained that the stuff I was looking for was not meant to clean up paint spills, but to remove multiple, baked on coatings of old paint, and was a heavy-duty industrial solvent...I was actually looking through Becker Forum posts on my Iphone as I searched for the paint stripper lol. I finally told him that he obviously didn't have what I was looking for, and that I'd have to go somewhere else. In a last futile effort of searching, I found some "Circa 1850 Furniture Stripper" hidden on a back shelf. It said it would remove Epoxy coating, so I bought it, some plastic paint trays and some Stanley Stripper gloves. I already had some wire-toothbrushes at home to help get the paint off. Set up outside on my apartment balcony, and tested the paint trays by pouring a little of the stripper in one. Came back 10 minutes later and the plastic was warped and buckled, but not eaten through. Put an old cookie sheet under it, threw on the "heavy duty" stripper gloves, and went to work liberally coating the blade in the gel-like liquid. Came back 20 minutes later, and the paint was beginning to come off. Doused it again, and came back another 20 minutes, and it was easily coming off with the wire brush.
Then something strange started happening... My left hand (the one that was coated most with the stripper) started to feel very cold...and hot at the same time. I couldn't see any punctures or tears on the glove, and the inside was totally dry. Kept using it, and my left hand really started to go from feeling tingly, to straight up burning. My right was starting to get the tingly feeling too. I quickly removed the gloves, and washed my hands multiple times, and even applied hand cream to try to cool them down. After 5 or 10 minutes the sensation was gone, and apart from my left hand being a little pinkish (probably just from scrubbing), it felt fine. I went back and carefully turned the glove inside out, there were brown, burn marks on the inside, and the outside seemed to have warped and blistered up around those areas...though it was my entire hand, back and front that burned. My assumption is that the stripper, and gloves reacted in a way that released a gas into the gloves, even through the rubber, resulting in a burn similar to a gasoline burn (...liquid/vapor...not fire lol). I managed to find some thin latex gloves that I used just to finish rinsing the knife off, and was surprised when there wasn't any noticeable reaction to them.
Just a little cautionary tale, I don't know if "furniture stripper" is like Paint stripper's older, evil, pissed off big brother, but even though I used designated "stripping" gloves...made by Stanley...not some no-name dollar store stuff, I still had troubles with the chemicals. Stripper is SERIOUS stuff, I got a few small burns on my arms, from drips and splatters that I let sit for more than a few seconds. I don't think people understand the inherit dangers of using heavy duty chemical solvents, and quite a few, myself included, rush out to get some "paint remover stuff" and a few painting accessories, ready to begin their modding...many don't even read the instructions, uses, or cautions on the side since they see the tutorials and how-to's online and go by that. If I had done a little more research before starting my endeavor, I would have known to use a metal paint tray, not plastic, and read carefully what chemicals the gloves were designed to protect against. I would also have better prepared myself in terms of what I was wearing, probably would have worn a work jacket rather than a tank top lol.
Anyways, good luck with your stripping, by whatever means you go about it, just remember to plan out whatever mod you do, and think about what the inherit risks are. I'm sure if I had used that solvent, with those gloves in say, a small unventilated basement or shed, I could have had some serious problems on my hands. Being a former volunteer firefighter, I've seen what can happen when weekend projects go wrong, chemicals, fires, injuries...Always think of what the risks involved are, and how to prevent them.
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I was walking into class while the prof was using it to clear away old spilled oil and I asked what smelled so good.
He said, and I kid you not, "Eating this will not only kill you it will hurt the entire time you're dieing."
If you're going to quote anyone quote Prof. Badass
Stuff I used worked in 15-20 minutes.
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Second that. Super strip did all of mine in 20 minutes or less and you could see it falling off
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I used to love to spend hours with strippers
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Go to the local auto parts store and get a can of "aircraft paint stripper" - this is the gloopy gel that will burn skin immediately on contact and will quickly become uncomfortable through latex gloves. With my BK 11, setting it in an aluminum pan, cover liberally with stripper and set it in the summer sunshine - was bubbling and peeling the paint off inside of 10 minutes.
Evil evil stuff.
Evil evil stuff.