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Foxmeister
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I've been working on Jennifer's deck now for awhile. The top layer (3 others underneath that) was peeling badly in spots. Since she is putting her house up for sale, I thought it would look bad by just scraping the peeling paint and then painting over it. Instead, I opted to sand it all off. The deck wraps around three sides of the house, so it was a lot of sanding. I rented a floor sander and took the paint all off except for the areas right up tight to the house and underneath the railing. I bought some paint stripper at Home Depot made by Behr, but it was only taking one layer at a time. You would have to let it dry thoroughly before adding more.
Using that stuff was taking forever. I did a little research online about paint strippers and every place I saw a discussion on this topic, everyone was recommending Citristrip. I went to Walmart yesterday and bought two bottles of it (they're small) for $11.99 each. That stuff works great.
I applied it to the wood underneath the railing and along side the house on the side deck. I let it soak for about 45 minutes and then hit it with the power washer. It removed about 95% of the paint on the first application. I should have the paint all removed by today.
Oh, you didn't think this post was about me taking my clothes off did you?
Using that stuff was taking forever. I did a little research online about paint strippers and every place I saw a discussion on this topic, everyone was recommending Citristrip. I went to Walmart yesterday and bought two bottles of it (they're small) for $11.99 each. That stuff works great.
I applied it to the wood underneath the railing and along side the house on the side deck. I let it soak for about 45 minutes and then hit it with the power washer. It removed about 95% of the paint on the first application. I should have the paint all removed by today.
Oh, you didn't think this post was about me taking my clothes off did you?
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