How do you get polyeurathane off of concrete?
Question:I understand that this may not appear to be the brightest idea I've had, but here goes...
This past weekend I decide I was going to stain some old furnititure and try to bring it back to life. Well let me start off by saying this was a disaster and should never be attempted by anyone with no patience! So while I was staining said furniture in a poorly lit area and let me mention that this also took place at my apartment complex!! Needless to say it ended up being sloppy. I pretty much spilled the stain on the concrete!! While I was spilling the stain, I also managed to slop it all over the siding of my apartment building!!
I know, I know, I should have been more careful, more patient, and a little bit more concerned about my security deposit!! I was wondering if there was a way to maybe remove the stain from the concrete and siding? If not is there a way to at least dull it down so it wouldn't be as noticeable? I would really like to keep my deposit!! Please help!!
Answers:
try a pressure washer for the concrete or muriatic acid but be careful and read the directions that stuff is dangerous but will do the trick easy and fast ... as for the siding try mineral spirits or paint thinner on a rag wnd wipe it off
I've been in the painting refinishing business for a lot of years and the only thing I know that remove poly is paint remover such as Citristrip. Mechanical, i.e. grinding will also remove it.
A stiff wire brush and a lot of elbow grease.
Let me first start off by saying that you should have placed the furniture on SOMETHING!! Like maybe a cardboard box. You should never be allowed again to touch paint of any sort!! With that being said I would reccomend the following:
To remove the stains on the siding I would take a rag and some mineral spirits and scrub the stain on the siding. For the concrete I would take some lighter fluid and light the stains on FIRE! Keep adding lighter fluid to keep the stain lit. When you think you have had it lit for a while I would take some more lighter fluid and keep adding. After the fire has been going for sometime and you are out of lighter fluid, go get some more and keep the fire going. That should do the trick or get your arson, one of the two. Good Luck!!
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