The people who painted my house after the cleanup didn’t really do a very good job. Not only was the paint job incomplete, it was very sloppy. I won’t go into all the details, because that story is unpleasant. Instead, I’d like to talk about something more pleasant – how I successfully cleaned paint off of a finished door.
I went to Lowe’s yesterday to look for something that would clean paint off of wood. As I was standing in the stripper aisle, a guy walked up and asked if I was finding everything okay. He was not dressed in a Lowe’s uniform, but he kept calling me “sir”, so I told him what I was looking for. He suggested a product called “Goof Off”, so I got it. He must’ve known his stuff, because it worked. Here are the results:
BEFORE:
So messy!
AFTER:
Much better.
The next step is to clean the banister. That’s going to take a while…
Thurman swears by that stuff, though I have never trusted it enough to try it. Clearly it is the material you needed, and I need to remember that next time I paint anything, as I am not known for staying “within the lines” (as preschoolers say about coloring books.) Congrats, and enjoy the rest of your de-painting.
Nicely done! Goof Off is an amazing product, and you’ll be glad to have some around for other stuff. Take that, sticky label!
(I do confess to giggling a little at ‘standing in the stripper aisle’.)
Wow! That door looks brand new! Good job!
And I’m with Lauren….I don’t know whether to applaud you or scold you for having a “goof off” day off in the stripper aisle!
So it looks like it didn’t take the finish off … just the paint. That’s awesome!
I wonder if would work on the sticky stuff left behind when I removed the EKG tabs from Randy’s skin this morning 🙂