Citristrip On Floors

Citrus strippers such as citristrip have a wax in them to keep the product from drying out after it s applied to the surface.

Citristrip on floors.

However mineral spirits is not compatible with water based products. 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.

Materials for floor stripping citristrip this is the stuff i use mainly because of it s low vapor toxicity. Bear in mind that if this material touches you it will burn in less than a minute. The instructions say to put the citristrip in a metal bowl and use it from there. You can use 00 or 000 steel wool dipped in citristrip to help clean the old primer out of the wood grain.

Wash the area affected immediately with soap and water. Every floor is different and some really old finishes come right off without so much of a whimper. 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. About a third of it is actually made from orange peel.

Our method for stripping and buffing hardwood floors to refinish them. Mineral spirits is recommended after the stripping solution because it s important to break down those waxes before getting started. If you re stripping a flat surface it s an unnecessary and wasteful step i just squeeze it right from the jug onto the floor.