Chemical Paint Stripper

[James W.]

[Paul B.]

Re: Chemical Paint Stripper

...I haven't used it for many, many years, but I stripped the paint off of three Corvettes with "EverCoat One-Strip". It is thick & jelly like and very controllable, not like a watery spray. It was great stuff to use and I'd completely strip one panel at a time before moving onto the next one. It also worked well on urethane bumpers. I do not know if it's still available, supposedly it was made for stripping fiberglass boats.

[Mike M.]

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my all time favorite was captain lee stripper, which is no longer in business. I believe the main ingredient was methylene chloride. I looked for a substitute containing the methylene chloride online last week and could find none available. I imagine the feds outlawed it. mike

[Dick W.]

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my all time favorite was captain lee stripper, which is no longer in business. I believe the main ingredient was methylene chloride. I looked for a substitute containing the methylene chloride online last week and could find none available. I imagine the feds outlawed it. mike

Methylene chloride is totally banned for consumer use as of 19 November 2019. Last week I was cleaning out my paint storage locker and found a gallon of Lacquer Removing Solvent. I remember stripping a couple of cars using that. Wipe on, wipe off. Of course the active ingredient was methylene chloride

[Patrick H.]

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All the good paint strippers are now gone, which is quite depressing.
We tried 3 different ones on a suspension part last week and none of them worked well.

[Richard G.]

[Jack C.]

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I used CitrisStrip, it's a gel and I thought it worked great.

[Richard G.]

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Jack;
Thanks for the information. I see Amazon sells it. I will try it when my current supply of Methylene chloride stripper is gone.
Rick

[Jim D.]

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Unfortunately, the KleenStrip product I've used for decades has been discontinued. They have replaced it with a non-methylene chloride formula. I don't know how well it works compared to the old stuff but it may be worth a try. http://kleanstripauto.com/products/a...remover-liquid

[Richard G.]

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A couple reviews of Kleanstrip from the web;

The original aircraft stripper is great. But this non-methyline chloride version is useless, and you even get the privilege of paying more for it. I had a few spots on a fender that the paint bubbled up, everywhere else this junk just dried on. Find and buy part number GAR343 (the original). Don't throw away your money on this like I did.

bought a gallon of the Rust-Oleum paint remover at another parts store. It worked fantastic but was not enough to finish the job. So no one else around had the Rust-Oleum so I tried this for twice the price to finish the job this weekend. The Rust-Oleum made the paint bubble and lift in under 10 mins. This stuff says 45 mins. After over an hour nothing. Did not even loosen the paint. Smells strong but save your money. Useless

I can't believe they even sell this. I picked some up at my local Oreilly and used it on a few different parts with different kinds of paint. Strong chemical smell, no effect on paint. I might as well have brushed jello on my parts and huffed white-out -- it would have had the same overall effect. So thank you Klean-Strip, for causing two kinds of headaches in one product.

[Jim D.]

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Thanks for the review. I guess with the elimination of methylene chloride, there's nothing currently available that works like the old stuff. Fortunately for me, I recently finished my last restoration and I'm done doing body and paint work so I won't be needing any stripper.

[William H.]

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I don't know if this reply is ok but I know where it can still be bought as of 2/15/20.

[Gary J.]

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I am interested....

[James W.]

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I found a quart of Kleen Strip that I bought from Home Depot about a year ago but it says that it is not safe for fiberglass. I tried a small area on the hood I want to strip and it worked excellent. I applied a wet coat of stripper, let it sit for about 15 minutes then used a bondo paddle to remove the paint, followed by lacquer thinner and a soft, red scotch brite pad to remove the primer sealer, followed by a clean rag with lacquer thinner to finish cleaning the area. I've done it this way since I was a kid stripping paint on my dad's Corvettes. I'm just concerned about what the directions say.

Any comments?

Thanks,

James

[Terry D.]

Re: Chemical Paint Stripper

James West
What the label say about what is in it? The disclaimer might just be lawyer talk to cover there butt in case someone doesn't properly clean it off after using it.