Customer Reviews for Wolman 1 Gal. DeckStrip ASR Acrylic Stain Remover (4-Pack)

Very good stripper did a great job

Okay this product works for me. But a couple of points: Background - My deck is 14 yrs. old, I had a red oak stain that's fading on cedar wood. Product application - I recommend using a wide hand held brush to apply the solution and it's ok to add more rather than less. Power washing - You're gonna have to go over it several times but the first it to thoroughly wet it. Then go over it at pretty close range with the recommended PSI, I'm talking 3-4 inches. That's what I found to be effective. But you gotta be careful with old and rotted wood. I have a video but that's not allowed in this um... out dated old school review system. Closing thoughts - I could not find a good review so I decided to do my best here to provide one. You should find this product to meet your expectation. Check out my attached pics.

This product was fantastic for the project at hand. Stripping a deck. Just follow the directions. MAKE SURE YOUR STAIN IS ACRYLIC! I used a pump sprayer to spray on. Power wash it off. That simple. I had multiple layers of cracking peeling stain. Now down to bare wood. Clean slate for a new stain.

I purchased this product to remove the Rustoleum Restore deck coating that had failed on my deck after 1 year, I used 2 1/2 of the 4 gallons and got little to no success at all. I had better luck (not much) with a 3700 PSI pressure washer but that of course damaged the wood so I had to find another alternative. After searching I found the Diamabrush for decks attachment for an angle grinder, it does strip off the restore coating as well as other dings, dents, staings, paint, etc. and leaves the wood smooth and ready to stain. Fair warning though the Diamabrush's are $50 a piece and I used 3 of them to strip my 20x30 deck.

I have a1800 sq ft two layer deck, which had a dark brown solid stain on it. Moreover, I had completely ignored my deck for the past 4 years, which made matters worse with mould etc. Then I used ASR.. it worked like magic. I used a gallon for every 80 to 100 sq ft or so, since the deck was really bad... but now it looks like new. I highly recommend this product.

I never write reviews and rarely read them. I've tried many strippers scrubbing from my hands and knees with little success. I tried this only because it said I could spray on and power wash off. It did exactly that, although I used a stiff bristle broom anyway to loosen up the finish first. I instantly knew this stuff works. My flaking uneven deck finish is 90% back to the bare wood in one day. It used exactly what it said, 150 ft per gallon and I used a case of 4. I'm glad I didn't pay someone to sand it.

I made the BIG mistake of using Restore Deck Stain (the thick stuff) on my deck last summer. I decided I did not like it and wanted it gone. I went to the Restore website to find out what they recommend to remove it and this is it. I applied according to directions. I let it set longer than 15 minutes, even a day. I also used the rolls of plastic used for painting to cover the deck. I borrowed a 3000psi Power Washer and the stain easily came off. It did not all come off the first time, maybe because I had 2 layers of stain on. I just kept working on it until it all came off, but it did take about a weeks worth of days at 3 to 3 1/2 a day for a 12x18 deck. Now all that is left to conquer is the sides of the deck and the posts, so next year I can have my deck restained with a better product.

best stripper for acrylc paints

This stuff is amazing! Does exactly what is intended to do. Deck was clean of solid stain in no time and looks amazing to it's original wood.

I followed instructions to this product and to no avail it would not remove paint or stain. The paint didn't even bubble up as if I basically soaked the paint in water. I just wish I could get my money back $90 buck gone and now I have 4 gallons of this snake oil taking up space.

Not sure what kind of deck coating was used on my deck previously but this product didn't work on it. I tried leaving it on 15 minutes, I tried 30 minutes and I even did a section for 45 minutes then power washed it at 1900 psi. Removed bits of it at a time but not enough to make a significant dent in the coating. Probably going to resort to sanding.

Didn’t eork

Disappointed. Wanted to use to remove Rustoleum Restore 4X off my wooden deck. I used Wolman as per instructions and let it soak on the boards, That just what it did, it never penetrated into the deck boards. When I power washed, there was no removal of the Rustoleum Restore 4X. Word to the wise, Wolman DeckStrip ASR may not be the product for removing Rustoleum Restore 4X off a wooden deck.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I bought this product from Rustoleum to take off the crappy deck over product that didn't work. So I was sucked into this product by the same company to take it off. It does not come off with a power washer as the directions say. Not even at a 15 degree nozzle! It did soften up some of it to use a scraper by hand. Had to resort to using a stand up and a palm sander to remove the paint.

I used a heavy coat of premium solid stain twice within the last 3-4 years and now have severe peeling. This said it would remove solid stain. I followed the directions for 15-30 minutes of keeping it wet. Didn't do much. Resorting to a sander now with 3-1/2 gallons of remover left over!!

This product does work at removing the Acrylic stain from your deck but it takes multiple applications. I have gone thru 4 gallons and have yet to get all the stain removed.

Removal of acrylic stain was very limited

What can I say? My twenty plus year old deck looks great!

Use it to strip new coat of stain from log home. Worked perfectly. We will continue to use this product to strip stains.

Worked great and definitely helped remove the old stain.

This product did not work well for me, at all. After spraying onto deck surface and keeping wet for over 45 minutes this product did little to remove the existing solid stain. Scrubbing with a stiff bristle brush prior to pressure washing was no help.

Followed directions. Didn’t remove paint with 2-3 attempts. Had to sand off remainder.

Removed some acrylic deck stain from pressure treated wood, but didn’t do anything to the same stain on cedar.

It did not remove the deck stain. Only used 1/2 of a gallon. Is there anyway I could return the three unopened gallons of the Wolman Deckstrip. . I cannot use it as it did not work to strip the deck stain at all. I would appreciate being able to return it to the store. Thank you

I was told this would remove the Rustoleum Restore product we put on our deck about 8 years ago.The only thing this product did was slightly soften it. After power washing most required using a hand scraper to remove. Don’t waste your time/money if Rustoleum restore is what you’re using it for.

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My deck was a mess. My old stain was peeling badly. Only alternative was a total strip. No one wanted to do it for me so I decided to take it on myself. My deck is 10x30. I’ll be 81 years old in August. We were getting rain every couple days so I worked on dry days. In a week it was bare wood.

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This was excellent for removing behr semi transparent stain. I've tried many other stain removers but this was the only one that worked.

Don't know yet had hand surgery so I can't rate it