7 Best Paint Stripper for Concrete 2024

Sometimes you may want to do repainting or you have accidentally spilled on your concrete and you need to remove it. Getting the best paint stripper for concrete to remove such paints may not be easy.

It is this challenge that has prompted me to take a further step and seek to identify the available paint strippers in the market.

Considering all the factors, like the kind of paint, the efficiency of the stripper among others. See Also: Concrete rust remover. 

Top 7 Best Paint Stripper for Concrete 2024

1. Confined Space – 3202 Paint Strip Gel

Confined space is a product of Dumond that has been in production since 1891. It works perfectly well in confined places and also in small spaces as well.

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With the ability to remove over 20 layers of paint and coats, it can work on surfaces like metals, concrete, plaster, plastic, tiles, stones porcelain, and many more.

Designed with non-drip formula, this gel is environmentally friendly and equally odorless, and therefore safe for use on interior surfaces. You can also use it on interior small surfaces like closets, bathtubs hallways among others.

This gel has a fast working mechanism and within 30 minutes, you get satisfactory results.

For those tough paints architectural and industrial paints, this gel will do such an amazing job in removing them.

Being water-based with gel formulation, it is easy to use and has minimum VOC emissions.

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2. Bates- Paint Scraper, Paint Remover

If you are looking forward to completely removing that paint or stain on the concrete, wall, or any other surface?

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This is the right tool for you.  Though it’s just a simple tool, it serves different uses like a paint scraper, paint can opener, a screwdriver among others.

Designed with stainless steel, this blade has proved to be durable to serve the painter for days and years. This tool is rust-proof and will last for ages.

It gives an excellent finish on your surface to make it ready for painting or any other project.

The well-designed handle enables you to efficiently scarp the paint from concrete, wood, ceiling, cabinets among others with comfort without experiencing hand fatigue.

You can also use it as a hammer, putty knife, molding remover, and more. In short, it can perform up to 5 tasks more therefore saving you money for multiple tools purchase.

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3. DEWALT Grinding Wheel, Diamond Cup (DW4774)

If you want a fast way of removing paint from your concrete wall, consider using a diamond grinding wheel attached to the grinder.

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This diamond designed wheels are durable with a longer life span than another tough paint remover.

However, this method of paint removal is quite aggressive and may not be applicable to all kinds of paints.

But the good thing is that the grinder is multi-purpose and can be used on other tasks when not involved in paint removal.

Using the grinding wheel is fast and easy to cover a wide area within a short period. Consequently, you can use it for both interior and exterior concrete with a better preference on the exterior surfaces.

Apart from removing the paint, the glider is also useful in smoothening surface and can work well on most masonry surfaces

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4. Dumond Chemicals, Inc. Advanced Paint Remover, 1 Quart

Top on the list of the paint strippers is the water-based Dumond smart strip.

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A smart strip is a multi-purpose stripper that can be used nearly on all kinds of paints water-based or oil-based, stain or varnish, and even has the ability to work on old lead paint surfaces from either exterior or interior surfaces.

Smart strip removes up to 15 paint coats without leaving any nasty smell. It can work well on concrete, wood, plaster, metals, and glass, plastic, or even fiberglass.

You can also apply smart strip either using a brush, a roller or even an airless sprayer then leave it on the surface for approximately 3-24 hours for effective coat removal.

Unlike other strips, this one stays moist on the surface for the eventual removal of pate with either a scrapper or a wet sponge.

It is formulated with non-toxic chemicals and removes paint layers with much ease leaving behind an environmentally friendly compound.

The neutral compound can also work on almost all surfaces with zero VOC emissions and 100 % biodegradable components.

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5. MAX Strip Paint and Varnish Stripper, 1 Qt

MAX strip has been designed as a cost-friendly and high-performance paint and varnish stripper.

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Being environmentally friendly, this gel is non-toxic and safe for use even on interior surfaces.

It has the potential to strip off paint and varnish on metals, concrete, wood, plastics among others.

Its gel formulation gives it an upper hand for its application on vertical surfaces like walls and others.

It is gentle in most cases and rarely produces fumes that could be harmful or allergic. However, its formulation is good enough to strip off tough paint and latex coatings.

It is equally easy to use and with just water, you can clean up the surface.

It is safe on your skin upon contact and has a preference among professionals. The components of this gel are also biodegradable and cause no harm to the environment.

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6. Paint Stripper, Gallon

If you are looking for a reliable and fast paint stripper, here is one for you.

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Designed with environmentally friendly components, this compound will give you excellent results when it comes to breaking down that paint on metals, wood, concrete, plastics, and other surfaces.

Whether the lacquer, shellacs, varnish, epoxies, polyurethane, or any other coat, this stripper will be able to clear them in the shortest time possible leaving your surface for another project.

It only takes about 15 minutes for the paint stripper to breakdown the paints and softens them for easy cleanup.

This stripper has the ability to remove a lot of layers with one application removing up to 5 layers of the paint at a go.

As this goes on, the paint stripper does not produce fumes and leaves behind environmentally friendly compounds that are biodegradable.

You can get this paint stripper packaged in either one gallon or one quart.

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7. Sunnyside ADVANCED Paint and Varnish Remover, Quart

Sunnyside is one of the leading multi-strip paint removers. It has been formulated with a very powerful compound that is quite effective in breaking down multiple layers.

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You can use Sunnyside to remove varnish, urethane, stains, or lacquer.

Since it’s not caustic, Sunnyside is very gentle and environmental friendly but with low odor.

Sunnyside can be applied using a brush, roller, or sprayer. Each layer is capable of removing up to 4 layers of paint.

However, it is not limited and can remove up to 15 layers strip by strip. After application, the compound starts working after approximately 30 minutes saving you time to perform other projects.

You can use it on both exterior and interior surfaces regardless of whether the surface is wood, stones, concrete, marble, metal, marble, or even veneer.

The good this about this compound is that you can use it even on vertical surfaces and still give you good results.

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Conclusion

I can conclusively recommend Bates- Paint Scraper, Paint Remover as the best non-paint paint remover, and Dumond Chemicals, Inc. Advanced Paint Remover, 1 Quart as the best paint-based paint stripper.