That old oak dresser with the milk paint took me three days to strip clean

Kept thinking one more pass with the chemical stripper would do it. Ended up needing a heat gun and a ton of sanding. Anyone else run into paint that just won't quit?

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leo_black762d ago

Hate to say it but sometimes you just gotta leave the old paint.

amy_craig281d ago

My bathroom still has that weird peach trim from 1992 because I tried to paint over it once and it looked like a toddler did it. Now I just tell guests it's a "vintage accent wall" and pray they don't look too close.

smith.parker1d ago

That milk paint is basically glue. I had a green dresser that took a full week. The stripper just turned it into a sticky mess. A cabinet scraper was the only thing that worked, and even then it came off in rubbery chunks. Sometimes the old methods are the only answer.