Poly Paint Stripper

Worked as stated – Worked OK on painted wall tiles, paint type unknown. After 60 minutes paint had softened and lifted and came off OK. Not so good if the thickness applied was not sufficient. Recommended 2-3 mm seems excessive. 1mm was OK. Middle of Melbourne winter may have helped. Show details ·  1

Poly Paint Stripper - Liquid rubbish – Purchased this product from Bunnings, to strip some paint off steel. First thing I noticed was that it didn't smell like regular paint stripper. I opened the can and spread the gel on the metal, next thing I noticed was that the paint didn't start to bubble as normal. I checked the can and the instructions said that the activation time was a… Read more

couple of hours - WTH? So, I left it 2 hours, nothing. 3 hours, nothing. I decided to leave it overnight. Next morning, a little of the paint had started to bubble and all I had a was sloppy mess, still gel like sitting on the paint. So this little can of $12.50 worth of goodness did nothing, in fact it is so weak, it only removed a small portion of the top layer of paint on its own can! The formula has changed, the quality and effectiveness has suffered and back to Bunnings it goes. Wasted time, petrol and effort on this crap.