varnish and paint strippers

[engineer one]

any one used the so called non harmful paint strippers.
you know when you go around the block on the shopping
channels there is the citrus one which is supposed to
take the paint off a davinci without harming the picture :lol:

last time i used one of the nasties, and hoped the newer stuff
might actually work, and be better for my ancient lungs

paul :wink:

 

[engineer one]

that's a no then is it :?

no one used the safer types of paint and varnish strippers

paul :wink:

 

[ike]

No, I haven't tried it. I stick to the regular stuff - gets the job done quick. I always wear a respirator with activated carbon filters (sold at around £18 for paint spraying and lasts up to 80 hours usage).

Ike

 

[Dewy]

I haven't tried it but did buy 2 buckets of readystrip a few months ago after seeing it on the shopping channels for years. Before ordering any I checked on the coverage first. The half gallon US (2 litres) covers approx one and a half sides of a door. I bought it specifically to strip a chest of drawers my grandfather made when my dad was born. My grandfather was a cabinet maker but made the chest from pine which was always painted in those days. My father had the chest of drawers all his life. Talk about timber quality then compared with now. The drawer sides are 5/16" (8mm) 9" deep and show no signs of warping after over 80 years daily use. The last thing I want to do is use a caustic stripper which would remove the natural oils in the wood so lashed out on this expensive stripper.
Soon after buying it I saw an episode of This Old House where they tried a number of different stripping methods including readystrip. They weren't as enthusiastic about it as they are on the infommercials. It didn't remove all the paint in mouldings first time.