Can someone recommend a good water based paint stripper?

Jon_01

We're having to strip a number of inner door frames due the the last owners of the house doing a really terrible job of (trying) to paint them!
We also have 2 cats, so my wife wants to use something water based.

So far I've found Strip Away; http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/p/PALPA1/

and Biostrip on Ebay; https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Biostrip-20-Paint-Stripper-paint-remover-strip-paint-Waterbased-5-litres/281584965929?hash=item418fc59929:g:y-sAAOSw-W5Uznbx

Has anyone used one of these, or something else, and can say whats the best thing to use??

Thanks

Alfrescodave

Can you not relocate the cats (and wife) for a couple of hours whilst you use solvent based paint stripper? I've not used water based ones but I can imagine that they will be slow and require some mechanical assistance.

lg13mza

do you really need to fully strip them? Can't you sand the lumps and bumps and re-paint?

Grenage

Architrave can be so fiddly that it's arguable a lot quicker to rip it out and use fresh wood.

Jon_01

Thanks for all the replies.

We have taken a lot of the architrave out and replaced because the last owners made such a dogs breakfast of trying to paint when they had less than zero of an idea on how to!

So what is the best thing to get to strip layers of oil and water based paint off the remaining wood?

trailingspouse

Whatever you use, try covering it in clingfilm after application - it prevents it drying out, so it remains active for longer. It also makes removing the dissolved paint marginally easier as you can swipe up clingfilm, paint remover and paint in one graceful movement.
Please keep your cats out of the way completely, even if using water-based remover. I can't imagine it's good for them, and you wouldn't want them to get it on their fur. The cats won't care if they're shut into a different room, or outside, or even their cat baskets for a few hours. Mine can spend an entire day on the sofa and wouldn't notice if we had every member of the Chippendales stripping in the hall...