SOY-Gel Paint and Urethane Remover, Quart

by Franmar Chemical

Product Description

Easily remove multiple layers of paint, urethane, acrylic, epoxy or enamel without the back-breaking work of sanding and chiseling and without the odor of other furniture strippers! Made with 100% American-grown soybeans, SOY-Gel starts to lift the coatings in minutes.

One quart gives you up to 50 square feet of coverage three times the coverage of most traditional strippers. Indoors or outdoors, you can be guaranteed a safe and easy restoration.

Ideal for lead-based paint removal. The lead becomes encapsulated in the gel, preventing airborne particles and allowing for safe disposal. Does not contain methylene chloride. Cleans up easily with water. Safe to use on wood, brick, stone, metal, plaster, concrete, and many other surfaces. Do not use on plastic, PVC, rubber or dry wall. May be used indoors or outdoors.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0002Z11MY
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,871 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
  • #9 in Home Improvement > Painting Supplies & Wall Treatments > Prep Materials > Paint Strippers & Removers

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

50 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent product, October 9, 2005

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A. Lesher - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SOY-Gel Paint and Urethane Remover, Quart (Misc.)

Soy-gel is the best low-toxicity paint stripper I have been able to find. It blows Citristrip away, easily lifting off multiple layers of paint. It also removes difficult-to-remove paints (e.g. milk-based). It comes very close to, and perhaps even equals, the effectiveness of dangerous methylene chloride strippers like Rock Miracle and Easy-Strip.

The product stays wet for a long time, increasing its
effectiveness.

It does cost more than twice what the very toxic strippers do, but it is worth it for the health benefits. You can leave it working in your house and not worry about being gassed to death while you go about other things.

46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's like MAGIC, June 20, 2007

By 

Paola - See all my reviews

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This review is from: SOY-Gel Paint and Urethane Remover, Quart (Misc.)

I have just used this gel to strip a painted brick fireplace. Three layers of paint bubbled off and practically melted away. Just lift the paint off with a scraper (no real effort required) and remove the softened paint from the grout with a wire brush.

It is almost completely odourless and I was thrilled to be able to use such a safe and EFFECTIVE product with a two year old around. I've been using Amazon for years but this is the first review I've been moved to write because I just can't get over how good this was.

42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars safe and effective, February 12, 2008

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Andrew J. Klimek - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SOY-Gel Paint and Urethane Remover, Quart (Misc.)

I bought a quart of this product to make sure it worked before ordering a gallon, as it is not cheap. But if you are unwilling to use toxic strippers, as I am, then it is worth every penny. It is beautifully effective on wood, and the Franmar website states it is safe for plaster. As my husband and I are stripping many layers of (probably) lead-based paint off old lumpy rough plaster, we would never have accomplished the task without this stripper.

I have found it is most effective to use a relatively thin layer of gel (even on thick layers of paint) and wait at least one day, maybe two (not covered with plastic film) until the surface is no longer gooey or wet. The paint is now very pliable but dryish and will peel away from the underlying surface in nice strips