Help with residue of Motsenbocker's Lift Off Paint/Varnish Remvr gel on ceiling
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06-12-15, 12:51 PM
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Help with residue of Motsenbocker's Lift Off Paint/Varnish Remvr gel on ceiling
Greetings!
What's the best way to tackle the dried residue from Motsenbocker's Lift Off gel on my ceiling (I got it from Home Depot, to remove paint/popcorn, but there actually was no popcorn underneath as it was concrete)?
1. Should I just roll over the residue area with primer (and exactly what type of primer should I use?), and then paint over the primer?
2. Do I need to remove the residue before I prime/paint, AND/OR is there a way to somehow remove all of the hardened Lift Off gel residue on the ceiling to restore the color?
I did try to use warm soap & water and a slightly abrasive sponge, but that didn't go very far.
Please let me know your recommendations, and thank you very much!
Tim
EDIT: I called the company, and they said that I'd need to try to (1) wet it with water and scrub it off with a scotch-brite-type pad, or (2) sand it off, which I do not want to do being a textured ceiling.
And I have a small problem with just the wet-and-scrub tactic, as I used some diswashing detergent for soap/water, which they said could contain an oil that may be a barrier to just the wet-and-scrub method. Ugh. Perhaps I should consider some denatured alcohol in the water to dry the oils out. lol But that gets scary, any flammable/combustable type substance.
It's a rather significant amount of space I need to clean off, about 50 square feet.
What's the best way to tackle the dried residue from Motsenbocker's Lift Off gel on my ceiling (I got it from Home Depot, to remove paint/popcorn, but there actually was no popcorn underneath as it was concrete)?
1. Should I just roll over the residue area with primer (and exactly what type of primer should I use?), and then paint over the primer?
2. Do I need to remove the residue before I prime/paint, AND/OR is there a way to somehow remove all of the hardened Lift Off gel residue on the ceiling to restore the color?
I did try to use warm soap & water and a slightly abrasive sponge, but that didn't go very far.
Please let me know your recommendations, and thank you very much!
Tim
EDIT: I called the company, and they said that I'd need to try to (1) wet it with water and scrub it off with a scotch-brite-type pad, or (2) sand it off, which I do not want to do being a textured ceiling.
And I have a small problem with just the wet-and-scrub tactic, as I used some diswashing detergent for soap/water, which they said could contain an oil that may be a barrier to just the wet-and-scrub method. Ugh. Perhaps I should consider some denatured alcohol in the water to dry the oils out. lol But that gets scary, any flammable/combustable type substance.
It's a rather significant amount of space I need to clean off, about 50 square feet.
Last edited by phillytim; 06-12-15 at 01:41 PM.
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06-12-15, 12:58 PM
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I don't know much about that particular brand of paint remover but generally paint remover needs to be rinsed off or neutralized prior to any primer or paint being applied. What does it say on the label?
I don't know much about that particular brand of paint remover but generally paint remover needs to be rinsed off or neutralized prior to any primer or paint being applied. What does it say on the label?
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06-15-15, 10:34 AM
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UPDATE: it seems that the soap I used was dishwashing liquid and doesn't contain soap at all, so I shouldn't have an oil barrier.
So this weekend I just hunkered down with the spray bottle (spot-wetting the residue on my textured ceiling), a pack of scotch-brite pads and rags.
It seems as though my efforts paid off pretty decently, as I was able to make a great dent in getting the ceiling cleaned of the hardened Lift Off gel residue. I still have a lot of required elbow grease to go, but I see less shiny, reflective residue areas, and hopefully its enough that I can test painting on with some primer.
I thought about going to an oil-based primer to offset the water biodegradable residue, but then I'd have to go with oil-based paint, right?
It seems almost impossible to get every spot or thinned remaining layer of the Life Off gel residue.
So this weekend I just hunkered down with the spray bottle (spot-wetting the residue on my textured ceiling), a pack of scotch-brite pads and rags.
It seems as though my efforts paid off pretty decently, as I was able to make a great dent in getting the ceiling cleaned of the hardened Lift Off gel residue. I still have a lot of required elbow grease to go, but I see less shiny, reflective residue areas, and hopefully its enough that I can test painting on with some primer.
I thought about going to an oil-based primer to offset the water biodegradable residue, but then I'd have to go with oil-based paint, right?
It seems almost impossible to get every spot or thinned remaining layer of the Life Off gel residue.
Last edited by phillytim; 06-15-15 at 11:08 AM.
