paint stripper
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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To deal with any tenacious paint, use a liquid paint stripper, like CitriStrip.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
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
“He was somewhat surprised when we showed him the cans from Lowe’s,” where her son had purchased the paint stripper.
From Washington Post ● May 10, 2018
Several million cans of paint stripper containing the chemical are sold in the United States each year, Cooley wrote in an email to CPI.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2015
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 Cory Doctorow
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