paint stripper
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Mr Yuen was given the door panel for free from a paint stripper yard in Cardiff, where it faced being binned.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2025
To deal with any tenacious paint, use a liquid paint stripper, like CitriStrip.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024
And if you use a paint stripper, you risk smearing the residue onto nearby bricks, which would look even worse.
From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2022
The director of the museum has noted that the removed structure had been “painted by protestors and the city’s resulting use of paint stripper damaged the work. It will be undergoing restoration.”
From Salon • Aug. 18, 2019
Alan spent days working with a wire brush and pointed twists of steel wool and oozing stinging paint stripper, until the grain was as spotless and unmarked as the day it came off the lathe.
From Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Doctorow, Cory
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