Ever tried it?
This is what I used...
My husband picked this up for me at Home Depot...I've never stripped anything of it's paint before so I can't compare it with another brand, but it worked really well...and fast...and the paint really did come right off...BUT, it's not a pretty process...and it's not that much fun.
Case in point:
This was what I had half-way through the stripping of this air register...(which, btw, will be going in my daughter's newly-almost-done-sorta-finished bedroom)
*A fairly well-stripped register (instead of buying a new register, I had to strip the old one of all it's yuck-o paint layers...as with everything else in our house, NOTHING is standard and they don't make new registers to fit our apparently odd-shaped vents...go figure).
*One pair of gloves that are specially made for using with paint/varnish remover (mandatory)...covered with old (and now gummy) paint. Yuck.
*One plastic knife (my original plastic paint-scraper...) - this did not work well at all...in fact, I think it actually hindered the paint removal process. Gross.
*My Lifetime Fitness membership card...don't worry, the one that was sacrificed for this project is not the "real" one...I've had two cards ever since the "Great Membership Card Fiasco of 2009"...not like I use it all that often anyway...(wink).
After I snapped this photo I took the register over to the hose and sat down with my "paint scrapper/membership card" and scraped away at all the little slats...rinsing the gummy stuff away as I went (pretty sure that washing away part wasn't included in the directions, but it worked for me...it kept all the super-messiness under control)...
Next step, stripping the back...then, repainting & reattaching to the wall...
The whole process took about 30 minutes (not including the 30 minutes it takes for the Citristrip to work)...and I still have to do the other side...all in all I'd say it's worth it...but I'm really glad stripping paint is not my day-job...
