Cheap paint stripper

[Seajet]

Having just recovered from seeing the current price of Nitromors - over £23.00 for 750ml - I thought I'd pass on a relatively good deal I found;

1 litre of paint stripper for under £8.00 from Wilkinsons.

No connection other than being a tight git.

 

[robmcg]

Nitromors used to be good - not so in the last few years, perhaps a change of formulation? £23 is not a justifiable price. Just paid £8.99 for a litre of un branded stuff. Seems I could have saved nearly a quid!

Rob

 

[Jim@sea]

Although I normally buy Nitromores from a wholesaler (Stax) where the 2.5 Litre can is around £25.00 +Vat I would suggest buying it from somewhere who sells car paint to bodyshops rather than full retail.
The same is for Acetone (which I use a lot of) whereas chandlery's sell it in tins at a ridiculous price, an ordinary high street shop which sells supplies to hairdressers (for using on nails) has it 50% cheaper and even cheaper if you can get into a wholesalers of hairdressing supplies. The cheapest place is France where acetone is on most supermarket shelves alongside white spirit and is only Euros 3.5 for 500 mm.
I also notice that Travis Perkins now sells Acetone in an Aerosol Can, which is very useful.

 

[DickB]

I went to eBay for paint stripper after similar disappointment with Nitromors. About £28 for 5 litres of wicked stripper. It does say on the side for industrial use only but it really did the job.

Called starchem synstrip ps-50

 

[Spi D]

The cheapest place is France where acetone is on most supermarket shelves alongside white spirit and is only Euros 3.5 for 500 mm...
Acetone in an Aerosol Can, which is very useful.

An avg. for acetone here is £ 5,40 per litre, "chemically clean", from most handy-man suppliers.
Spray can cleaners have been around for years, known to the auto industry as Brake Cleaner. Not pure acetone but effective - and supplied in high pressure cans to really wash stuff away.