Before you do whatever you want to do to your wood , you should remove the previous coating – finishing material from it and this is the job , for the wood finish removers .

Yes , this is the very first step , even from the restorers . How can you restore a wooden surface which is damages , if it has an old film on it ?

You need to clean it up and then proceed to your restorers , your hardeners , your sealers , primers , your oils , waxes , et. c .

See in HERE , the primary post for the wood restorers getting all you need to know .

So let me give some of my top wood finish removers to clean your wood , from any “foreign” factor .

The Sunnyside Paint & Varnish , remover advanced Gel .

Sunnyside is a champion in this finishing removing area and this is a super capable remover in a gel form , which is super cool in order to remove stuff from difficult areas and have no bleedings .

It has a new safer formula( reduced odor ) with no methylene chloride and no matter how many layers is the old finish , this will “kill it ” , no matter what .

It needs a couple of minutes to act and you’ll need only to wipe it off .

Serious feature : it leaves the wooden surface 100% unharmed , with no “discounts” in here .

The top quality is guaranteed from the Sunnyside fame and you may buy it from Amazon here .

The Sunnyside Hi-Speed ready-strip .

If you want higher finish removing times , but having the same quality approach and strength , this half a gallon remover from sunnyside , is your “weapon” .

It “demolishes” any water based or oil based old finish from your wood , in way sorter times than the usual removers . It leaves also a nice citrus smell while acting and has very low drippings .

** no matter how low or not is the smell , the face mask is a necessity .

If you like you can use water to clean it and as the previous one is very eco – friendly .

Go to the Amazon if you want to get it from this path .

The 3M Heavy Duty Stripping Pads for Flat Surfaces .

If you have a very “stubborn” or you wnat in general a very good quality pad , to help your wood finish removing , this pad set of 2 from 3M , is a very “honest” helper .

The USA 3M brand doesn’t need many talking for the stuff it produces and this pad isn’t an exception .

It can clean – remove materials of any chemical type and can colaborate with any remover chemicl type of product .

It’s a heavy duty pad and will last for a long time , if you won’t ripe it . You may have seen that many professional painters , use this type of pads .

Get it from the Amazon in here in a super price .

The Guardsman re-usable water mark Remover Cloth .

This is a “magical” remover cloth made to dissapear the heat and water rings and marks from your wood , without the need of anything !!!!!

It can do the job , buy only rubbing the spot you want to clean from the mark , till the mark will dissapear , without the need of a cream , a remover or whatever .

Just be careful to rub along with the wood’s grain and the job will be done with a couple of back and forth rubbing movements from you .

You may find difficult to believe it , but this stuff really works . You know the last decade the nanotechnology has reached high heights .

It’s super cheap ( less than 10$ ) and Amazon has the rest for you in here .

The Murphy Oil Soap wood cleaner .

After all the wood removing job , you have done to your wood and now that your surface is totally clean from the old varnishes , et.c , a nice oil soap cleaning is the best treatment .

In such way you clean even the tiny details and the advantage of the oil soaps for wood , is that they’re very friendly to it .

This Murphy oil soap is biodegradable oil and it contains natural ingredients( coconut oil , et.c ) up to 98% and the rest 2% , is some synthetic ones .

No ammonia , phosphate or bleach in here .

It leaves a nice citronella odor and it gives a nice shiny cleaning result . It’s very natural focused made and for your floors , indoors , et.c .

When you finish your old varnish et.c , finish removing from your wood projects , use this to clean them up .

Amazon has it and take this 3 pack from a little more than 10 $ .

I leave this post satisfied with the stuff i suggested you , i hope you’re the same .

Keep woodworking , stay humble , cool and the result will be happiness for sure .