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August 20, 2005
an amazing stripper
Having recently pulled down a mantle, we've spent a few days experimenting with removing the paint.
The mantle, attached, with 100+ years of paint.
We spent 4 or 5 hours with paint-on stripper, with some small progress on large flat areas. We were able to scrape and sand some spots, but we weren't able to touch the areas with any detail.
We'd seen good reports about a 'peel away' stripper, but we'd never been able to find any of it. Now, just as we really needed it, we found a supply at the local hardware chain. Skeptical but desparate, we bought one application worth.
The stripper goes on like cake frosting. The supplied applicator is a lot like a spatula, even. Once that is applied, there is a special paper that covers everything, and the whole mess is left to sit for 24-hours. And then...
The paper on the goop on the mantle.
CAUTION
The wood underneath all of the paint!
So this is success, on the one piece that we tried the stripper on. There are some spots that need sanding out, but the work is 99% done. We need to get more of this stuff and work on the other pieces.
Posted by john m at August 20, 2005 8:20 PM
Comments
wow! that stuff works wonders! lookin' good!!!
Posted by: deb at August 20, 2005 10:43 PM
Oh, thank you for this post! My mantle is currently covered with half-way peeled paint in a failed attempt to strip it with citrusstrip. The fear that I won't be able to get it looking decent is totally stressing me out. I ordered some peel away a few days ago and was worried if it would really do the trick. Looks like I can stop worrying...at least a little bit. :)
Posted by: kim at August 21, 2005 12:48 AM
Please do not repaint the mantle.
Posted by: GKOAT at August 21, 2005 11:24 AM
I used to work at E&B Marine (now West Marine, Cox & Broad St.) and we sold Peel Away. It worked great but was a hard sell because it was very expensive. Has the price come down?
Posted by: busse at August 21, 2005 5:01 PM
There are many kinds of peel away- did you get #7 (requires no neutralizer)? That is amazing perfomance on the circular detail. Did you do steel wool over it to get the gunk off?
Posted by: carol at August 21, 2005 5:09 PM
We used Peel Away #1. It was $30, and well worth it. It looks like 1 more can will finish the entire mantle. We removed the goo with only a kitchen sponge and the provided plastic spatula. All in all a nice little success story...
Posted by: john at August 21, 2005 7:36 PM
Wow! I think I need to try some of this stuff. The heat gun has lost its novelty. :)
Posted by: Kristin at August 22, 2005 10:58 AM
Peel-Away I love it. I did my entire front porch in it and it took it down to the wood! 70 some years of paint and dirt that citristrip and the heat gun were not touching.
I bought 7 tubs of peelaway let it sit for 2 1/2 days and then "peeled" it off. I would recommend it for anyone trying to get rid of paint. There is a seperate kind of peelaway to use if you are not going to paint over the wood again. The peelaway-1 darkens the wood while stripping.
Posted by: Saple at August 22, 2005 11:14 AM
Just wanted to warn you too. When they say the stuff burns they are serious. Not eat your hand off but enough to burn the skin and make you uncomfortable for a few days..
Posted by: Saple at August 22, 2005 11:15 AM
Craig and Yvonne used "Peel Away 1" on their plaster corbels and it worked very well for them.
Posted by: Ernest at September 5, 2005 1:11 PM
I used Peel Away on some old doors, and I didn't even take them off the hinges! This stuff makes the job almost fun. One additional note... I removed that last 1% by cleaning the door with soapy water and a soft brush after the stripping process -- while the remaining paint was still soft.
Posted by: CC at October 20, 2006 12:37 PM
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