paint stripper

noun

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

Example Sentences

Over the following days paint stripper was poured on her car, she was spat at in the street and ostracised by people in her local community.

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