I bought this to remove paint from brick, which it recommended an hour...it says not to leave longer than advised and an hour was the maximum time to leave it on at all. After about 1 1/2 hours ( I'd been distracted by my baby) I removed it with a pressure washer, nothing had changed. I contacted the company in complaint and they arranged to ring me to advise me how to use it (I never spoke to them as they didn't ring at convenient times for me), I'm sure this was in good thought however I'm a busy mum - I can read instructions capably and just want a product to work as it says it will without phone calls and hoo-haa. The e-mail advised that I may need to leave it on longer...although the tub says not to leave on longer than instructed and I'd already exceeded the maximum time. Today I used up the last of the tub again in a final attempt, I left it on for the whole afternoon, and unsuprisingly there was no change to the paint on my wall. All in all a waste of time and money. If it worked it'd be a great price but unfortunately it's a waster of a tenner.

Quite simply, it does not remove artex. Follow the instructions, score the paint, leave 24 hours covered in film. It still will not remove artex. It's interesting that half the reviews on here say it is rubbish and half claim it to be amazing. Interestingly, many of these posts read like an advert for the product. And use many of the same tips etc, and similar language. Skeptical. Save your money and get your artex plastered over. Incidentally, I particularly like claims I have seen on forums and reviews claiming trade people use this rubbish. Why would they?? It doesn't work,and any trade person would not faff about trying even if it did (takes ages to apply, cover and wait! Could get it plastered in less time and materials would be less!). Honestly, avoid like the plague!

This product is useless for removing old varnished layers

Skirting boards are painted white spent a few hours and eventually left overnight, did it work, NO!, RUBBISH.

Because I have asthma we decided to try this product and in my opinion the only good thing about it is that it has a pleasant smell. We bought 3 tubs @ £10.80 a tub at B&Q and unfortunately I opened two of the products, otherwise I would have taken them all back and demanded a refund. We used it to try to remove 1 layer of water based emulsion and now all we are left with is a sticky mess on the surface which is proving very difficult to remove, we are still trying after 2 days of solid effort.

Non-toxic it may be but it doesn't work. Used on a metal towel rail, the paint already flaking and in poor condition. After using Homestrip gel and leaving it on for and hour and longer I was still scraping as hard as without using the gel. After several attempts I removed maybe 30% of the paint back to bare metal. It's back to Polycell or Nitromors to get the job done.

On close analysis, several of the positive reviews seen here are so similar that they appear to have been written with the purpose of countering the negative criticism, rather than being just a report of how the product did its job. Looks fishy to me!!

Not good, tried removing paint couple of hours after application & tried scrapping, not very good. Reapplied the gel & left overnight, doesn't remove the paint. Rubbish - c Grindall

I bought this product as a low toxicity alternative to remove one thin coat of varnish from a pine floor. So thin, the varnish scratches with the slightest of touches, and sellotape can pull it off!

However, "Home Strip" CANNOT remove it. Even after 3 liberal coats,and leaving it covered overnight, very little came off. What a waste of time and money.

I am so disappointed, as the product claims to remove upto 6 coats of paint- yeah right! "Home Strip" could only be more dissapointing if I had ordered it expecting a pole-dancer.

I refuse to use nasty chemicals, so I will instead use a sander or perhaps a roll of sellotape!!

I read that this product was supposed to be the best thing since sliced bread. That couldn't be more wrong. I am trying to remove paint from some box sash windows, sill and surrounding area etc. So far the stuff has been on 3 hours + and there are only slight signs of it having any impact and most of it has dried. Unless there is a miraculous turn around over night which I highly doubt there will be, I'm taking the stuff back to B in a Q and complaining. Nitro would of had the lot off by now. DONT BUY THIS PRODUCT you will be wasting your money. I will post back if anything else changes.

What a waste of money!
Smelly, messy and hard work. Get out the hot air gun!
Would not buy this again and would not recommend it.

This product should not be purchased under any circumstances unless that is you wish to throw your money away. I used this on the wooden spindles of the decking on my caravan and it failed to work, apart from some slight peeling on a small part of the bottom length of wood. I subsequently dispose of the product and lost almost £50 - give it a miss!!!