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

Wow! This made a project I'd been dreading SO easy. I found this table for a song, but the top was painted and needed stripping which I have never done before. When I was watching how to videos on Youtube, I saw a video about this product. It is AWESOME. I painted on a thick coat before bed, then covered with saran wrap. The next morning the paint came right off in just a few minutes using a plastic scraper. The pics show scraping in process, the result after scraping but before cleaning, then the result after cleanup with just some soapy water and clean rags. Now I just have to sand it a bit and it's done! Also, I did this indoors, and there was NO odor.

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!

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 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!

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.

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!!!!

Ummm after reading all of the mixed reviews.. I say this thing works! It actually worked in an hour. Just make sure you put a thick coat of this. It does have a weird smell but it’s not strong as the other ones I’ve used. So far so great!