I have a room that has vertical cedar planks (very rough-cut cedar) that were painted over with a latex paint sometime in the last century. I want to strip the latex off and use a stain. How do I do this, and with what?

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I have a room that has vertical cedar planks (very rough-cut cedar) that were painted over with a latex paint sometime in the last century. I want to strip the latex off and use a stain. How do I do this, and with what?

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Dr. Md Rushad Rahman · Answer 1 · Jan 11, 2018 07:12:42

It isn't possible to "remove" latex paint that has soaked into raw wood. That's especially true if you want the wood to remain raw when you're finished taking off the paint. The only way I have ever found to do this is to sand off the top layer of wood. If your planks have grooves, as in ordinary tongue-in-groove planks, it will be very difficult to get the latex paint out. Latex is, of course, water-based, and water seeps into wood, carrying the pigment with it. There are some very specific solvents for latex paint, but they are costly, extremely toxic, and require dipping and soaking. Specialist needed.

I have a room that has vertical cedar planks (very rough-cut cedar) that were painted over with a latex paint sometime in the last century. I want to strip the latex off and use a stain. How do I do this, and with what?

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