Smart Strip Advanced Paint Remover, For Removal of Acrylic, Latex, Oil & Water-Based Coatings, Non-Caustic Formula, Indoor/Outdoor, Contractor & DIY Friendly, 1 Quart

This product is excellent. No smell but works great. Does not run, very easy to apply. Best i have ever used. Key is fulling direction, it take between 8 to 24 hours to work. That only down side. Put on and let work over very easy.

MVP paint stripper. Bought this to prep outside porch and garage lights for repainting. Lightly washed the fixtures to remove the dirt and grime layer on the existing paint. After they dried, I brushed on the stripper about 1/4 inch thick and let it work overnight. The picture shows how well it worked. Just about all the existing paint bubbled off the metal. I was able to peel it off easily and used a Scotchgard pad to remove paint from a few tight/stubborn spots. After a quick wash and dry, I primed and painted the lights...turned out great. Three tricks. First, clean off the existing paint so the stripper has maximum contact with it. Second, be patient...it doesn't work instantly. Put it on and give it time to work. Third, put the thing you're stripping in the shade to keep the stripper from drying out too quickly.

I have been restoring older homes for over 30 years now; the house I have just purchased was built in 1806 and has 210 years worth of paint on all the woodword. There are so many layers of paint that you can hardly see the lovely profiles of the complicated, Federal-style trim. For exterior stripping I have been using the really ugly, stinky stuff, but for interior stripping, Smart Strip is fantastic! Paint it on thick, think peanut butter sandwich thick, cover it with wax paper and walk away for a day or two. There's almost NO smell, and it doesn't burn your skin if you get some on you. This product won't quickly take your project down to bare wood, but after a few applications you can either sand or use a heat gun to finish the job. Paint scrapes off pretty easily with a sharp scraper, and you can just put the stuff in a trash bag without it melting through. Again, you will have to be patient to use this product, but it's worth the time. This is my second gallon tub and I plan to buy more when I run out of it! Ok, a quick 2020 addendum. I've just purchased my forth gallon since this old house has so much trim that has needed to be stripped. I've also tried a few other soy strippers in the meanwhile, which were gooey, stinky and required that the surface be washed after removal of the stripper. Gross. Stick with this product, and even if you have to apply multiple times, you will get a good result and almost NO odor. No regrets.

Works great, but here is my version of instructions for use with warhammer/plastic miniature models that I perfected after a bunch of trial and error: Apply a generous coat of stripper using a large paint brush, quickly but thoroughly. Use a stippling technique to get into all the cracks and crevices. The paint will begin to strip very quickly, so it helps to coat your model in the stripping gel completely in one go (or for larger/vehicle models, a section of it at a time). If you go too slowly, or try to coat the same section multiple times you will just start smearing around the stripped paint and stripping gel mixture all over. Wait 30-45 minutes and then use a tooth brush to agitate and scrub (firmly, being careful not to damage the model) the entire area that you covered in the stripping gel. Lastly, for smaller models fill a bucket with water and use a clean tooth brush to scrub off the now stripped paint/gel mixture dunking the model in the water to wash off the gel as you go. For larger models, you can still use the bucket method, but it's even faster to set up your model outside and spray it with a hose from a distance. Obviously do not do this if your model has delicate parts like antenna or spikes etc... anything that wouldn't be able to withstand the force of the hose water. Yes the instructions say that you should wait 1-24 hours for the gel to start working, but I've found that waiting anywhere near that time causes the paint and gel mixture to dry into a thick paste that is very difficult to remove. The stripper works very well, no need to wait so long for smaller miniatures.

I need to remove layers of paint, including lead, from the wood framing around where a new custom-built wood frame storm door will go in the front entry to a 1940 house built by my parents. After viewing a video on YouTube demonstrating how to use SMART STRIP to remove paint on woodwork inside a house, I thought this product would work for my purposes. So, I purchased 1 gallon from Amazon. NOWHERE ON AMAZON DID I FIND INFO STATING THIS PRODUCT WORKS BEST ON POST-1980 PAINT REMOVAL, nor was that info given in the YouTube video I had viewed. On Friday, June 11, 2021 @ 3:25 pm I painted the Smart Strip on a 12" x 5" test area on the bottom right side of my door frame. Left product on for 24 hours. On Saturday, June 12, 2021 @ 3:30 pm, I started removing the DUMOND paper from the test area. Some paint came off, but a lot didn't. When I tried to use a plastic putty knife to remove the reside, the wood seemed soft in places & I ended up gouging into some of the wood frame. I stopped & decided to reapply SMART STRIP to just the areas where the paint did not come off. That was done @ 6:15 pm on Saturday, June 12, 2021. The next day around 9:30 am, I removed the DUMOND paper from the test strip.....some of the remaining paint came off, but a some didn't. I decided I could not put anymore of this product on my door frame. I went to the DUMOND web site & found info stating that SMART STRIP works best for POST-1980 PAINT removal & another, more expensive, DUMOND paint remover product works best for PRE-1980 PPAINT REMOVAL. The reviews on AMAZON for the PRE-1980 DUMMOND PAINT REMOVAL PRODUCT are mixed, so I am going to consult a professional as to what I should do. I have already spent $80 on SMART STRIP + LAMINATED PAPER & don't feel like spending hundreds more when I don't know if the second product will work successfully or not. Because I have opened & used part of this product, I cannot return it. I understand that policy. Had I done more research, I might not be in this situation now! My point is: Amazon/Seller should make sure all pertinent info about their product is available on Amazon. In this case it is one paint removal product works best on structures painted during a certain period of years & another works best for painting done during a different time span. I DO LIKE THAT BOTH DUMOND PRODUCTS ARE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY TO BOTH ENVIRONMENT & USER AS WELL AS SAFE FOR USING WHEN REMOVING LAYERS OF PAINT, SOME OF WHICH CONTAIN LEAD!!!!

I got this to strip off the paint on a guitar body. Some testing it looks like there were three layers on the guitar so after deciding not to sand it off, I searched and found this. I went ahead and got some of the papers they recommend as well, but after use plastic bags or wax paper probably would have worked just as well. After using this, it does work, and application is very easy. Glom it on, apply paper and push out the air, and wait. Here’s where things get complicated though. If you think the pain is just going to come off do some stretching and warm ups because you’re going to get a work out. I tried one application and waited 3 hours. It wasn’t easy so I tried it again and waited overnight. Still wasn’t easy so I had to take a wire brush to the body to get the worst of it off. This stuff is sticky too and while the paint is coming off it’s just sticky wads of snot textured goo everywhere. Not fun. Unintended consequences, the wood feels slimy and wet after use, so after the last scrubbing I wrapped the body in a thick towel and put it in front of a heater overnight. Next day it was much better, but I’m going to start sanding today and let the wood sit for a few days before I sand it. So it does work, it’s simple, doesn’t smell like a chemical factory (big win), but if you’re looking for easy, this ain’t it. I included pictures, they’re in order from first application, second application and then after a good scrubbing with a wire brush.

I don't know what is in this product but it is miraculous in several ways: 1) virtually no smell 2) virtually no skin irritation since of course I got some on me 3) it actually WORKS like I could never have believed 4) relatively easy to clean up afterwards. I am strictly amateur without a lot of "crafting" space, but I had an idea that I would strip the gross ancient thick ugly paint from an antique wooden box. So... mineral spirits, sanding, steel wool, various miscellaneous hardware store paint removal products later, I was totally about to give up, the paint was winning the war. In desperation I turned to Amazon and found this product and I thought ok, one last ditch effort. Opened the box, (fought with the lid on the tub which says to use a 'coin' to pry it off and that is impossible, you have to use a big honking screwdriver) and just started slathering this stuff on the box. I literally put a regular garbage bag laid flat on my kitchen island with some extra newspaper, put on some plastic gloves and used a foam brush to do the slathering which i washed with just soap and water afterward. Since I was pretty much not even believing this was going to work I just used a ton of the product and spread a really thick paste over most of the painted areas just like I was somewhat haphazardly frosting a cake. Then when everything was covered i laid some saran wrap over the wet areas (maybe not totally necessary, who knows) and let it just sit overnight. Next morning: I'm expecting that either nothing at all happened (remember, this stuff is like the consistency of cinnamon roll frosting and it doesn't smell or burn your skin or seem corrosive in any way) or my entire kitchen island was going to be melted like the witch in the Wizard of Oz. The reality? I put a fresh pair of gloves on, grabbed a roll of paper towels, and LITERALLY just wiped the paint off. This ancient heavy coat of paint I'd been fighting with for days was totally liquified. It is a messy gloppy job, just like it would be if you decided to wipe the frosting off a cake, but it was surprisingly easy. In full disclosure, since I hadn't quite been a believer when I started, I did have to do a few areas again because I hadn't thoroughly 'frosted' everything but I would not make that mistake again. Anyway, after some serious wiping down I finished cleaning all the surfaces with some of the other stuff i already had, steel wool, mineral spirits etc. I plan to let it dry out real well for a day or two and will use Briwax to put a new finish on the box, but was so amazed by how well this product works I rushed to put my glowing positive review out. Total success!!

Yes the smell won't bother you but only if you cover the area treated, with plastic. Today is my 3rd day working with this stripper, first 2 days left it on for hours thinking it was the only way to remove 4 layers of paint. My kitchen counters are original to the house made in 1943. The wood is a lot better than what you get today, so no way I am getting rid of them. In order to give them a makeover I have to get rid of 4 layers of paint. I brush a nice layer of this stripper, cover it with plastic and let it seat until the next day, all the paint came out with the plastic when I pull it off. So I decided to give it less time, it only end up needing 3 hours, the paint effortlessly came off with the plastic. I then try doing it without the cover, and that was my mistake, the smell in no time made it to the living room, is not an unpleasant odor, it smells like Wilton frosting, but in no time I start feeling dizzy and felt pressure in my head. I cover the stripper, open all doors and place my husband industrial big fan in the living room for a few minutes, that fix the problem. Now I place the stripper, cover it with plastic, wait a few hours and no more smell. I have no idea what kind of paint I'm removing, all I know is 4 layers of different colors. I recommend this product just make sure to cover the section with plastic after applying the stripper. Another detail I'm licking, this stripper is thick enough to stay in place it doesn't fall off ot drip from the cabinets sides or areas underneath the countertop.