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RE: Paint Removal

To: "Gil Fuqua" <gil.fuqua@cci-ir.com>, <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Paint Removal
From: "Marc Siegel" <smarc@abs.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 12:25:38 -0400
Thanks Gil -

What type of surface did you use it on, wood, brick, concrete?

>
> I have used Peel Away on several projects and it works!  It is also nasty
> stuff and will eat your skin off as well as the paint...much more caustic
> than normal paint remover.
>
> It works like this:
>
> Trowel on the goop (it is very thick) about 1/4" - 3/8" thick.  It is so
> thick you use a trowel instead of a brush.
>
> Put a layer of Peel Away paper on top of the goop.  The paper is coated on
> one side and seals the goop and keeps it from drying out.
>
> About 24 hours later, you peel off the paper and most of the goop
> sticks to
> the paper with most of the paint sticking to the goop.  It will take off
> 10-20 layers of old paint at once...usually down to the bare surface.
>
> You generally have a little touch up to do in a few spots where the paint
> does not lift off cleanly.  This is usually a mess and takes as
> much time as
> the original process.
>
> You then have to clean off the remaining surface and neutralize it.  If
> outside, you can hose it down and then spray with Peel Away's neutralizer.
> Inside, you will probably have to wash down the brick by hand and
> then spray
> on the neutralizer.
>
> Peel Away is very caustic.  I used about four pairs of nitrile gloves at
> once.  When it ate through the top layer, I pulled it off with the second
> one and put on two more pair.  If it gets on your skin for long,
> it will eat
> off the top layer of skin and does a nasty job on fingernails as well.  I
> have not tried neoprene gloves.  They may work better than nitrile.
>
> Peel Away is also expensive.  It sells for about $150 for 5 gallons but it
> will take off so many layers of paint at once that it is probably
> cheaper in
> the long run.
>
> Gil Fuqua
> Nashville

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