paint stripper

British  

noun

1. a liquid, often caustic, used to remove paint from a surface

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Example Sentences

Mr Yuen was given the door panel for free from a paint stripper yard in Cardiff, where it faced being binned.

From BBC

To deal with any tenacious paint, use a liquid paint stripper, like CitriStrip.

From Seattle Times

Methylene chloride and ethyl acetate are commonly used in paint stripper, nail polish removers and degreaser.

From Salon

Wendy Hartley, whose 21-year-old son, Kevin, died in 2017 while refinishing a bathtub — even after being trained in how to apply the paint stripper — lauded the proposal in a statement provided to the EPA.

From Washington Post

And if you use a paint stripper, you risk smearing the residue onto nearby bricks, which would look even worse.

From Washington Post