Apply four to five drops of olive oil to a dry clean rag and wipe down the spray paint lubricating the finished wood to prevent scratches.
Best way to remove spray paint from furniture.
Brush on a thick coat of paint and varnish remover and allow it to stand for about 20 minutes.
It isn t harsh like a lot of strippers are.
Scrape the paint lightly with a plastic putty knife or a credit card.
The best way to remove paint from wood furniture is the one that balances your desire for fully stripped furniture with your patience and tolerance for chemicals and scraping.
This can be done in little time with minimal damage to your wicker item by loosening the paint from the surface before you remove it completely.
In fact it actually smells good.
If necessary apply a second coat of remover.
Dab the skin dry.
The easiest and most effective way for stripping paint from wicker furniture or other wicker items is to remove the paint from the surface.
Use a coarse rag or bristle brush to remove loosened paint image 1.
Our favorite way to remove paint or stain is to use this chemical stripper called citristrip.
If the paint doesn t come off easily don t force.
You can see how the paint and varnish came right off.
Sometimes this is all you need to do to remove small spatter of dried paint.
After about 2 hours of letting the citristrip lying on top of the wood begin removing the paint.
Avoid steel wool which may scratch softer metals.
I thought it was pretty cool.
And most importantly it works time and time again.
Step 2 cover the spray paint with a cloth rag.
But i have a little extra trick when it comes to using citristrip to remove paint or stain from wood.
If needed re apply the essential oil to the skin and rinse again with warm tap water until all paint is gone.
Rinse with the warm tap water to wash away remaining paint residue.
Start off easy and use plastic putty knives.