Citristrip On Floors

The instructions say to put the citristrip in a metal bowl and use it from there.

Citristrip on floors. Every floor is different and some really old finishes come right off without so much of a whimper. You really should buy a small bottle of the citristrip and do a test patch. Materials for floor stripping citristrip this is the stuff i use mainly because of it s low vapor toxicity. You can use 00 or 000 steel wool dipped in citristrip to help clean the old primer out of the wood grain.

I left it there for anywhere from 30 minutes to a few hours depending on how badly spotted the. Even if you wanted to paint the floor not a bad idea it s always best to get down to the bare wood so that the paint primer can really stick to the wood. Step 5 clean up. However mineral spirits is not compatible with water based products.

Wash the area affected immediately with soap and water. Bear in mind that if this material touches you it will burn in less than a minute. Rub the steel wool and citristrip into the wood grain like applying wax to a car and you ll get the wood clean of almost all paint residue making it ready for a varnished finish. On projects where a water based product will be used we recommend.

Brush it out with a chip brush. Citrus strippers such as citristrip have a wax in them to keep the product from drying out after it s applied to the surface. Our method for stripping and buffing hardwood floors to refinish them.