And most importantly it works time and time again.
Best way to remove spray paint from furniture.
After about 2 hours of letting the citristrip lying on top of the wood begin removing the paint.
The best way to remove paint from wood furniture is the one that balances your desire for fully stripped furniture with your patience and tolerance for chemicals and scraping.
Brush on a thick coat of paint and varnish remover and allow it to stand for about 20 minutes.
The easiest and most effective way for stripping paint from wicker furniture or other wicker items is to remove the paint from the surface.
You can see how the paint and varnish came right off.
If needed re apply the essential oil to the skin and rinse again with warm tap water until all paint is gone.
It isn t harsh like a lot of strippers are.
Sometimes this is all you need to do to remove small spatter of dried paint.
Our favorite way to remove paint or stain is to use this chemical stripper called citristrip.
Use a coarse rag or bristle brush to remove loosened paint image 1.
Dab the skin dry.
If you could just remove that paint you might reveal gorgeous hardwood or honeyed pine ready to receive a new varnish hand rubbed oil or maybe even a new paint color.
Rinse with the warm tap water to wash away remaining paint residue.
Avoid steel wool which may scratch softer metals.
But i have a little extra trick when it comes to using citristrip to remove paint or stain from wood.
In fact it actually smells good.
If the paint doesn t come off easily don t force.
If necessary apply a second coat of remover.
Start off easy and use plastic putty knives.
Scrape the paint from the finished wood using a plastic putty knife.
Step 2 cover the spray paint with a cloth rag.
This can be done in little time with minimal damage to your wicker item by loosening the paint from the surface before you remove it completely.
I thought it was pretty cool.