Solvent based paint strippers, especially those based on DCM (di methylene chloride) such as Nitromors are what most people have grown up with. They are very effective and fast on a wide variety of paints, and cause little damage to the surfaces underlying paint.
However they have some serious shortcomings, the biggest of which is the serious damage they can inflict on the health of people using them. In fact there are many documented cases of people being killed by this type of paint stripper, mainly when using them in confined spaces and breathing in the fumes. This type of stripper is obviously very smelly, and can also have a bad effect on pets and children through breathing in the noxious fumes.
Company's have been looking for alternatives to solvent based strippers for a long time. There have been many attempts to develop a product that is as good as say nitromors is, mainly in terms of speed of stripping of paint. There have been quite a few products that have hit the market in recent times that are variously based on water or on “safe solvents”. The main drawback with all of them has been the time it takes to strip off the paint, which often has been overnight!
Recently though a new product called “Biostrip” has hit the market. This appears to be a water based product that really does the business in terms of stripping speed and ability to strip a wide variety of paints. The product is nice and friendly to use, with no odour, and is simply painted onto the paint to be removed and “voila” the paint is gone! I have tried Biostrip on doors, skirting boards, exterior decking, radiators and old car parts and the product really has done the business in terms of removing the paint quickly and not killing my cocker spaniel Ellie in the process.
You can find out more about Biostrip through their web site at Biostrip
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