Great paint remover for lots of coats of paint

[over40pirate]

Just remembered this and thought I would share. Back in the late 60's or early 70's, Popular Mechanics, did an article on using TSP to remove paint. You take TSP and dissolve in water, and heat up hot, but below boiling.

Stick whatever you want to remove paint from, in the mix. Don't leave it in very long, or it will soften the wood.

Take it out and brush 10 or more coats of old paint right off!

I've used it a number of times.

Years ago, I mentioned it to a friend who was doing a lot of exterior restoration work on Victorian houses.

He tried it. He liked it so much, he had a lagre shallow tank made that would hold a door, with a propane burner under it. Big loovered shutters with 100 years of paint on them. No problem!

I wish I could remember the ratio of TSP to water, but, heck, that would be too easy!

Try it on something small.

[Tobbe Arnesson]

I tried Googling, do you mean Trisodium phosphate?

In any case I'd keep it out of my eyes and out of the environment.

[RyanLincoln]

Paint stripper would take ages with that amount of paint and you would also end scratching the metal underneath using Sandpaper

[CessnaPilotBarry]

There are some really good soy based strippers currently on the market that are extremely effective, as well as far safer than TSP.

Franmar is one example.

[Don Z.]

I'm a huge fan of Star 10.

http://starten.com/