Stripping

We started stripping in the black and hot pink bedroom.  I was hoping that we wouldn't have to remove the built in cabinet doors, but quickly realized that it would be better to do outside for a couple of reasons.  The first, one operable window does not equal well ventilated. Second , you can get much better leverage, and access to details while using saw horses.  Most important if you take the doors outside, you don't get in the way of the painters trying to cover up that hot pink wall color.

We tried out Citrustrip after talking to an associate at Lowes.  It has a less chemical smell to it, is not as harsh as some of the chemical strippers, and is a bit more environmentaly friendly.  Using it we found that you just have to experiment as to when it is ready to remove, it took off four layers of paint with one application.  We let it work overnight, about 13 hours, before scraping off the bit you see here.  Unfortunately we didn't take it all off at that time, so it ended up drying onto the surface.  Another light coat to rehydrate and it all came right off.  It didn't take much at all to make it work, we expect this bottle to help us with a lot of cabinets.

A lot of cabinets