SOY-Gel Paint and Urethane Remover, Quart
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of SOY-Gel Paint and Urethane Remover, Quart
Customer Review: safe and effective
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought a quart of this product to make sure it worked before ordering a gallon, as it is not cheap. But if you are unwilling to use toxic strippers, as I am, then it is worth every penny. It is beautifully effective on wood, and the Franmar website states it is safe for plaster. As my husband and I are stripping many layers of (probably) lead-based paint off old lumpy rough plaster, we would never have accomplished the task without this stripper.
I have found it is most effective to use a relatively thin layer of gel (even on thick layers of paint) and wait at least one day, maybe two (not covered with plastic film) until the surface is no longer gooey or wet. The paint is now very pliable but dryish and will peel away from the underlying surface in nice strips
Customer Review: Soy-Gel rocks!
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't have much more to add to what the other reviewers have already shared, but just had to say this stuff rocks! Yes, it is a bit spendy but so well worth it. I have a 3 year old child so toxicity is a major concern for us. We're using it indoors in the winter and the smell is not bad at all.
This product was recommended to me by a local contractor to strip the old & yellowed, oil-based finish off of our slab marble entryway. It is doing a bang-up job and not damaging the marble at all!
Like others have said, I just ordered the quart size at first to see if it works but now I'm back to order the gallon size. We're going to attack our old kitchen cupboards next and Soy-Gel will be the only product we use.
Customer Review: expensive but worth it
Summary: 5 Stars
I needed some stripper that I could use indoors, around my family. I'd tried Citrustrip or whatever it's called and was underwhelmed by its stripping power, plus its odor isn't quite as benign as they'd want you to believe. SoyGel, on the other hand, is an aggressive stripper, about the equal of those based on methylene chloride, and it really has no toxic odor at all that I could notice. I don't know how it would compare in ease of use and effectiveness with a heat gun (bearing in mind that you have to keep the heat down to avoid vaporizing the lead in the paint), but in the middle of summer, I wasn't about to start warming up the house with one of those. I am really fantastically impressed with this product!Customer Review: Better for newer paint.
Summary: 3 Stars
I used the product on an antique chest that had been painted with several layers of paint. The newer paint on top came off easily. The very old paint underneath, however, was a different story. I called the manufacturer to get help and they told me the old paint is indeed harder to get off. They advised me to leave the product on longer, up to 24 hours. That helped quite a lot and I was able to get most of the paint off, but I will still have to sand what is left. If you are working with old paint, don't be afraid to let the gel sit for a while. As long it stays wet, it is still working. I wish I had known this earlier, I wouldn't have wasted as much product (and money) as I did by removing it too early.Customer Review: Excellent product
Summary: 5 Stars
Soy-gel is the best low-toxicity paint stripper I have been able to find. It blows Citristrip away, easily lifting off multiple layers of paint. It also removes difficult-to-remove paints (e.g. milk-based). It comes very close to, and perhaps even equals, the effectiveness of dangerous methylene chloride strippers like Rock Miracle and Easy-Strip.
The product stays wet for a long time, increasing its
effectiveness.
It does cost more than twice what the very toxic strippers do, but it is worth it for the health benefits. You can leave it working in your house and not worry about being gassed to death while you go about other things.