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

So impressed! I was skeptical with this stuff-having changed furniture looks before, and know how hard it can be to strip and sand and prep wood for a different stain or paint—but I tried this and true to the instructions I put on a 1/16-1/8 in and let the bench sit overnight. Then scraped with a household spatula and was amazed! Pictures show the difference and it’s not even rinsed off or sanded or anything yet. Would definitely recommend it-the snell is basically equal to paint-so nit severely offensive either!

I have struggled in the past with many different strippers. Usually I have to do many cotes and the smell is very strong. I took a shot on this and it worked fantastic! I did use the Dumond laminated paper and waited about 24 hours. Most of the paint came off with the paper. I wish I would have taken more pictures during the process but I wasn't expecting this to work that well. I did take a picture of how thick I put it on which was fairly thick, as there was about five coats of paint, and I took a picture after I washed it off after stripping. I have kitchen cabinets that Ineed to do, and I'm not afraid to do them now. And PS...no smell!

The product works pretty well. Doesn't hurt the skin unless left on awhile and even then it's not noxious. Also not too terrible in indoor spaces for air quality-- even if I don't open windows it doesn't get too bad after using a few gallons on a ton of surfaces. I have an old house with a lot of old paint and it goes through 1-2 layers after 24 hours of sitting. Definitely hasn't gone through 15 layers in one coating, but this paint is pretty old further down likely. I've recoated up to 4 times and it gets everything off. It's hard work.Shipping is problematic. Amazon doesn't factor in weight with packaging . The boxes fit ok, but they use a sheet of brown paper for packaging. We have had several come ruptured and it's a big mess to clean up. Then when requested a replacement, they ask for the broken item back. Get ready for a pile of mush!

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!!

I spilled some paint on my sidewalk and after weeks of applying a layer and srcaping and over and over is has only yeilded sort of mediocre results. The paint is still very visible. It did make it easy to remove thick areas but the thin paint areas not so mucu.