june1098's Review of Eco Solutions X-Tex Textured Coatings Remover
19th Feb 2007
Overall Rating
- Value for money
None yet.
Bad Points
Very hard going and not removing very well at all after leaving overnight with 4 coats.
General Comments
Have tried 4 coats and it still will not scrape artex off. Bought a heavy duty scraper and even scored the walls and still only comes of in little bits and is very hard going. We bought the big container at £100. Any ideas what to do next?
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Members' Comments onjune1098's Review
Helen of Troy
on 28th Feb 2007Pbp
on 3rd Apr 2007Hi. I saw you had problem with the X-Tex product. I also had a problem in one of my rooms and found that it was because the artex was painted over many times with emulsions.
I had to remove the paint before I could get to the artex. The same product did remove the paint, but I had to leave it overnight and cover it with plastic film. I then used a long handle blade scraper and it came off okay. I had to repeat this once more without using the film this time to get back to plaster.
I have tried steaming and other solvent products and find this to be the best. Stripping anything off is not the same everytime as I sure found out when three rooms cleaned off really easily and one didn't. But I honestly feel that this product was the best bet by far.
Web Links
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Eco Friendly Natural and Organic Products @ Go Green Online Shop
EcoSolutions Home Strip™ Paint and Varnish Remover, Graffiti Go!™, X-Tex™ Textured Coatings remover, ... Go Green Directory of eco friendly products is sponsered by Cellande Midlands,
www.gogreen.cellande.co.uk -
LILI eco friendly safe paint stripper +graffiti remover
Coverage - 2.5 litres is sufficient to remove 6 - 9 square metres of textured coating, depending on the thickness of coatings being removed. X-Tex is made by Eco Solutions, who also make Home Strip.
www.lowimpact.org
I thought about buying this stuff but decided against it as it could only be bought on the net. It is a lot of money to fork out if, like what happened to you, it doesn't work. We have a problem with textured walls in our house and have been struggling to remove it little by little with a steamer. The largest part we think we may have to plasterboard. So I too would be very interested to see if anyone else has any ideas!