Wood stripping

clearingout

I bought a couple of wood chairs at a car boot yesterday for next to nothing and want to strip the paint from them. I am a single parent with three young children and as such, am not keen on some of the more chemical methods, nor on the idea of a heat gun as the children are around all the time and it's difficult to be 100% safe when there's not another adult to distract and keep an eye out. There are a number of so-called 'eco friendly', non toxic gels on the market and I was wondering if anyone had used these with reasonable success? I have searched this forum and the consensus seems to be that the heat gun is the best way of doing stripping wood. Is this a bit the bullet situation and just work at it when the children are in bed?!

MrsAtobe

We've recently used something called 'Great Strip', to remove gloss from door hinges. I mean years and years of gloss paint. It's a blue gel that you paint on, leave for a while, then take off. The OH was delighted with it, especially as it didn't come with the dire warnings that some do. We got it Homebase, hth.

clearingout

thanks. These things work, then. That's probably all I needed to know!