Do homemade chemical strippers work ?
#1
10-18-15, 10:12 PM
Do homemade chemical strippers work ?
I've read that you can make some with the following details:
"To create your own chemical stripper, mix 5 parts denatured alcohol, 3 parts mineral spirits and 1 part acetone. This combination of solvents will loosen the paint from the plaster without causing serious damage. Apply and scrape away until all paint is gone." Does anyone know how long does does this homemade solution take to work before the paint becomes softened and ready to peel away ? A couple of hours or less maybe ?
What Is the Easiest Way to Remove Old Paint From Plaster Walls? | Home Guides | SF Gate
"To create your own chemical stripper, mix 5 parts denatured alcohol, 3 parts mineral spirits and 1 part acetone. This combination of solvents will loosen the paint from the plaster without causing serious damage. Apply and scrape away until all paint is gone." Does anyone know how long does does this homemade solution take to work before the paint becomes softened and ready to peel away ? A couple of hours or less maybe ?
What Is the Easiest Way to Remove Old Paint From Plaster Walls? | Home Guides | SF Gate
#2
10-18-15, 10:34 PM
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Why do you need to even strip all the paint off?
Pictures and a better details always helps.
Not sure how anyone would know how some home made concotion would take.
Pictures and a better details always helps.
Not sure how anyone would know how some home made concotion would take.
#3
10-19-15, 04:25 AM
I've never used paint strippers on a plaster wall, never seen the need to. What is your reasoning for stripping the wall paint? Generally the most that might need to be done to ready a wall for repaint is sanding, patching or skim coating, primer and paint.
Denatured alcohol will dissolve dried latex paint. I don't recall ever having mixed it with other solvents. Mineral spirits will have little/no effect on dried paint although acetone can also dissolve paint. Once solvents have evaporated they no longer have much effect on dried coatings.
Denatured alcohol will dissolve dried latex paint. I don't recall ever having mixed it with other solvents. Mineral spirits will have little/no effect on dried paint although acetone can also dissolve paint. Once solvents have evaporated they no longer have much effect on dried coatings.
#4
10-21-15, 12:24 AM
hello marksr.
Thank you. The house is very old and the walls have many layers of paint on them leaving a sort of thick layers of paint which looks bad to the eye. We wanted to remove the old paint right down to the drywall and then place a new fresh a single or double coat of new paint. Sort of like a new wall with a brand new coat of paint. The walls look like their textured with the many layers of paint.
Thank you. The house is very old and the walls have many layers of paint on them leaving a sort of thick layers of paint which looks bad to the eye. We wanted to remove the old paint right down to the drywall and then place a new fresh a single or double coat of new paint. Sort of like a new wall with a brand new coat of paint. The walls look like their textured with the many layers of paint.
#5
10-21-15, 04:44 AM
It makes more sense to sand and skim coat the wall than to remove any well adhered paint. How old is the house? A real old house is more apt to have lath and plaster than drywall. Any danger of lead based paint?
