Krud Kutter GO326 Gloss Off Prepaint Surface Preparation Cleaner, 32 ozU.S. EPA Safer Choice

I had an old iron wall hanging piece that came from my parents' travels in Mexico. It has leaves, birds, and three-dimensional flowers shaped sort of like tulips, designed for candles. I had a difficult time removing the old melted wax, and bought this product to remove all traces so that I could repaint and refresh the look of this piece. I will be using it outdoors and only use battery-operated tea lights; no more wax! I sprayed the piece with Rustoleum hammered brown, a dark, rich metallic paint, and it came out great!

does what it says.

I have old kitchen cabinets that were painted with an oil based paint, semi-gloss. I wanted to paint over them with a latex paint (satin). So I was told that I need to sand the cabinets before priming them with a bonding primer. I was trying to avoid the time consuming sanding process and hoping if a I used a deglosser or really good bonding primer, it would stick. Then I could apply my top coats.So I bought the Behr bonding primer, which is pretty expensive. First I tried a small section with just bonding primer and no prep work. It says that you can prime over glossy surfaces with no sanding. The bonding primer did not stick at all. I then sanded a section with 220 grit sand paper and the bonding primer stuck well.I then tried the gloss off with no sanding. I applied with a rag and let it dry. The bonding primer stuck a little better than no sanding but not great. You could scratch off some areas pretty easy.I then tried using the gloss off on another section and this time I applied with a scotch brite scrubbing pad. So I was scrubbing as I applied the gloss off. I then applied the bonding primer and it stuck just like it did when I sanded! So the product worked for me if I used a scrubbing pad to apply it and using a high quality bonding primer. I think if if you used this product alone and used a scrubbing pad but just used a general purpose primer, it may not work but I have not tried that.

We had old 80's style veneer paneling in our basement family room bathroom. I wanted to paint the paneling to brighten the area and make it look bigger. I knew I had to attempt to degloss by sanding but I chose to attempt it by applying this product. It is clear and doesn't have an odor. I applied it with a cloth, let it sit for about 30 minutes, and then wiped the walls down with plain water. I applied bullseye 1-2-3 as a primer and then 1 coat of a water based paint. Turned out beautiful! I'd definitely use this product again as a deglosser.

This product is incredible. I use it all the time to clean furniture before painting. It cleans all the grime and oil off.

I picked this product to prep my 90’s style oak cabinets . The description says it will degloss for painting without sanding. It did NOT do that for me. Maybe it’s because my cabinets were super 90s glossy and it was too big a job, I don’t know. But there wasn’t a noticeable difference in the gloss. I ended up sanding mine. It did work to degrease, but I would recommend getting a spray bottle rather than using it on a cloth. I feel like that might’ve been easier to work with.

This worked great! It was easy to apply and the paint went on and has been scratch resistant. I will definitely buy more as I am working on my house projects.

This product works. It really strips off dirt and gloss on multiple surfaces reducing or eliminating the need to sand. I am very happy I discovered it :)