Easy paint removal cloth. Crocodile Cloth for removing old paint.
Video by The Idaho Painter
The Idaho Painter
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This video demonstrates an effective and environmentally friendly method for removing old, dried paint and tough adhesive from vinyl windows and adjacent siding using citrus-based wipes and a specialized scraper, preparing surfaces for new paint.
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(4,853 characters)hey chris what can i help you with today so today i'm working on some uh house i got some vinyl windows about 15 years ago some painters got some paint on it dried on paint got some tanning blades some dirt on them i need to clean them up and get all that stuff off make them look new again then we're going to mask and spray the house so i need to get something that's going to clean off old dry paint if you got something absolutely cool i got two options for you today that are uh pretty successful from the painters that have used it one is a spray and the other is the crocodile cloths yeah you know what i've actually used these crocodile cloths before i actually like them a lot so i'm all out of them and i'll take another thing of these i don't know i think they'll work pretty good i think so you want it on the account yeah i just throw my account that's all i need today all right you're good to go hopefully i'll clean these windows off man have a great day again so i'm working on these windows right here and we've got a lot of paint on the vinyl windows from previous paint jobs we got red paint brown paint we also have got um these are kind of like the manufacturing stickers and adhesive left over on there so i'm gonna be using crocodile wipes and my limbite scraper to get this stuff off right here so i'm going to be scraping off this paint which comes off nice and easy with a lin by scraper there's a lot of things these things are useful for if you take their super sharp carbide tip blades and i'm just scraping off this paint right along the edge then the adhesive adhesive covers a lot more area so i'm not going to want to try to scrape that off i'm just going to and it's not on the edge so i'm going to take a crocodile wipe and i'll just use that to get the adhesive off so now i'm going to be taking a crocodile cloth wipe this off clean we want to get these windows nice and clean for the customer see it's taking that adhesive off it'll make this vinyl look like brand new when it's done oh so i can scrape scrape the paint wipe it i'm just going to wipe this down and i'll let that dry the paint comes off a lot faster with the linbide scraper once again we got more adhesive on corner right here i'll get my paint off big globs of paint on here first scrape this off it's good to use a nice sharp blade when doing this so don't use an old lin by blade that's all nicked and dinged up use a new one so it gives you a nice clean scrape you can see that adhesive on here this is just going to make the job look a lot cleaner the paint job a lot cleaner in the end these crocodile cloths they stay wet quite a while they're super big you could turn it over use different areas one side a little bit rougher than the other side you can see how this is gonna look a lot nicer there now the adhesives been on there for over 20 years you can see how that cloth crocodile cloth took it right off simple and easy these windows are going to look way better by just spinning you know five minutes on a window cleaning this off for the customer let's go we're trying to increase the value of this house significantly and these little steps we want this house to be worth fifty thousand dollars more when we're done painting it just like that nice thing about this cloth is i can just keep using it from window to window because it stays stay so wet you can see how large these things are too so i can keep um way bigger than your standard wipe these things are cloths but a lot of people refer to these type of things as wipes even with being on there for so many years you can see it still comes off and you'll see we got some like tannin bleed coming down right here let's see just wipe wipes that tan and bleed right off simple and easy so i'm still working on this window um i've worked on two windows now just give you an idea i'm still using the same cloth it's still still wet it's it hasn't torn all apart super tough super tough cloth a lot of the wipes or cloths i've used in the past they just dry out too fast they don't have enough liquid or we call juice crocodile cloth has just the right amount of juice clean that this window's almost done just like that final one so the combination of my lin-bide scraper and crocodile claws just made these windows look a lot better hey chris what time is it i think it's around 12 30 luke 12 30. i have a date with my wife oh shoot luke um you're all hot and nasty looking you have a solution i do crocodile cloth thanks man better get yourself cleaned up and get going luke are these safe for your skin those things are super safe for your skin and they are safe for your tan whew awesome yeah get yourself all cleaned up smell nice they're good for your skin need a wipe hey here's the same one man freshen myself up too luke have a fun on your date crocodile class [Music]
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