Citristrip On Floors

Wash the area affected immediately with soap and water.

Citristrip on floors.

However mineral spirits is not compatible with water based products. Brush it out with a chip brush. Mineral spirits is recommended after the stripping solution because it s important to break down those waxes before getting started. Materials for floor stripping citristrip this is the stuff i use mainly because of it s low vapor toxicity.

Our method for stripping and buffing hardwood floors to refinish them. Citrus strippers such as citristrip have a wax in them to keep the product from drying out after it s applied to the surface. About a third of it is actually made from orange peel. Even if you wanted to paint the floor not a bad idea it s always best to get down to the bare wood so that the paint primer can really stick to the wood.

On projects where a water based product will be used we recommend. You can use 00 or 000 steel wool dipped in citristrip to help clean the old primer out of the wood grain. Step 5 clean up. If you re stripping a flat surface it s an unnecessary and wasteful step i just squeeze it right from the jug onto the floor.

I left it there for anywhere from 30 minutes to a few hours depending on how badly spotted the. Every floor is different and some really old finishes come right off without so much of a whimper. You really should buy a small bottle of the citristrip and do a test patch.