Stripping latex high gloss paint off railings

[plainpainter 217]

Wouldn't y'all just love to know this ridiculously cheap concoction of mine that stripped off this latex paint - ha ha ha h ah ah ah aha - was only dwelling for like 20 minutes - ha ha ha a hah ahhah

[Cleveland Mobile 14]

when you say cheap I think caustic soda beads, dawn and water

Andy

[RPetry 564]

Daniel,

Denatured alcohol?

[plainpainter 217]

not as caustic as sodium hydroxide, and not a solvent like denatured alcohol either.

[Dale 16]

Looks good. So what is it?

The question is..How did it work on the next coat..the one thats actually bonded to the wood?..

[plainpainter 217]

It hasn't dwelled on the green paint yet - to be honest, I think the Blue paint is a latex paint that has been formulated to be strippable - I have worked with this paint before, I think it is very different from most latex emulsions. But I will keep you posted if it works on the green paint as well.

[seymore 90]

If you get and Sodium hydroxide hot enough it's gonna melt any paint off.I've done it many times with just S/H and soap alone nothing special.

[plainpainter 217]

It was no where near that hot - Shane - and I looked more closely, it looked like it was starting to lift the green paint as well. I though the whole point of stripping latex - that it was darn near impossible to strip without expensive paint strippers and overnight dwells - and that's been my experience.

[seymore 90]

Well i understand Dan but being you have multiple layers of paint or primer whatever the bottom layer is? You will still need multiple strips once you remove the top layer of paint.

[D_Tagr 14]

My guess is baking soda and water. Mildly caustic but with a twenty minute dwell time and a HPW (Hot Pressure Wash) might work.

When are you going to "reveal"?

[Greg R 82]

MEK ?? Nasty stuff!

Oddly enough sometimes the first coat is a piece of cake compared to the under coatings. Usually due to poor adhesion :)

[MMI Enterprises 289]

ooo. a poll would've been fun... :) .I vote either MAS or 2-butoxy based CFS . When ya spill it I'll label my homemade acronyms..lol

[seymore 90]

HPW (Hot Pressure Wash) might work.

using hot water is a big no no on wood...i've heard some guys using warm water or atleast in the colder months.

[PressurePros 248]

hydrochloric acid and Dawn

[plainpainter 217]

oxi-clean,TSP,nonylphenol - cold water rinse.

[rj242 16]

What ratios?

[James 624]

You drank a case of Old MIL WEE WEE and did pee pee on that wood!

[MMI Enterprises 289]

Except fer that np9/nonylphenyl stuff (possably the same as the banned stuff in Europe) yer recipe is sorta similar to what I mentioned in MAS (Kev's modified apple sauce).

Can anyone confirm it is same banned stuff???

well anyways...

Tambasco Sauce = Sodium percarbonate/sodium carbonate(washing soda/filler/oxy clean), tri sodium phosphate (tsp), polyoxyethylene nonylphenol (np9)

MAS= Sodium percarbonate, tsp , muleteam borax (likely does similar to the sodium cabonate far as ph stabalizing, etc.)

Works good on waterbased acrylic floor finish but so does potassium hydroxide and 2-butoxy at a more emulsified/deeper level.

[Integrity Curb Appeal 64]

I have read that you only need a small amount of np-9 to get the correct coagulation effect. How much np-9 are you guys using per gallon?

Scott