HD-80 Heavy Duty Wood Stripper Reviews: Before and After
Customer reviews and results from HD-80 Heavy Duty Wood Stripper. These before-and-after photos show HD-80 removing solid-color stains, failed sealers, polyurethane, and other built-up finishes that mild cleaners can’t touch.
Washed the fence this weekend
HD-80 actually worked!
HD-80 did strip two layers of solid stain from my 11-year old deck. It worked really well. The customer service is also top-notch. I surely will order again next time.
Super Products across the board
Dave
HD-80
I use Woodrich Brand Extreme solutions products exclusively in my deck refinishing business, reason? they work! Great customer service and free shipping.
Fantastic product for many wood stripping applications
This product made my life much easier. I used it to strip my mahogany front door and the frame of a mirror. All I needed to do was sand the wood when it was dry and apply stain.
Great for wood doors!
I needed to strip my detailed Mahogany doors and it worked great to take off the stain. Made my life so much easier. I just needed to do a light sanding. I am so glad I found this product.
Quite Satisfied!
I am definitely Satisfied with the performance of this product thus far. I used it to remove a semi-transparent stain from a deck. It removed the stain fairly effortlessly. Now I have to see how it performs on a solid stain . I will let you all know!!!!
Great products
I used the Woodrich heavy duty stripper and Citralic products and they worked great! The deck I worked on hadn’t been stripped and cleaned for years and was a mess. I had to returned to a few boards after stripping and do some spot cleaning which was expected. I recommend these products for tough jobs.
Great as always.
I have used your products for over seven years now with excellent results. I highly recommend your entire line.
Purchased the HD80 to strip
Purchased the HD80 to strip the old stain off of my cedar sided house, it worked great. Very easy to use, just sprayed it on, waited a few minutes and just washed it off with the garden hose. I will finish my house with western cedar timber oil. Thank you.
Worked Like a Charm
The Best
Easy to use, effective, easy to clean up after use.
Ease of use, color and saturation is outstanding.
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Great Protection
Exceeded My Expectations
After stripping and applying the wood brightener, I went over the deck and railings with a 5-1/2″ electric orbital palm sander using 60 grit sand paper. This removed the last bit of old stain that had been weakened by the stripper and smoothed out any rough spots in the wood.
The Brown Sugar Timber Oil was very easy to work with and apply. It’s very thin, is absorbed into the wood quickly, leaves no run marks or over brush marks. If you get it on your hands it’s not sticky and simply wipes off with a rag.
In all it took me 3 days to finish the project working by myself. My deck is 12 foot by 16 foot with railings. One day to chemically strip and power wash, One day to sand and prep. One day to brush on the Timber Oil.
The pine deck looks new, turned out great.
High Desert Wood Care
Fast shipping on a great product at an unbeatable price. We refinish around 65 decks a year and around 8-12 log homes, Woodrich products work!
Wonderful
We have used your products many times and are always pleased with the results!
Excellent Products
In addition to the excellent line of products, the customer service is A+ I highly recommend this company!!
Unbelievable
great stain stripper
Read the instructions
It works, let it sit a couple of minutes, I used pressure washer with this.
Super easy, worked great, and a fair price!
The first picture is after the soak and power washing, the second picture is after it all dried.
GOOD STRIPPER
Did a great job of removing Thompson’s water seal.
Did not work on log home
Did not work much at all on log home with several coats of stain. I found a product that does work but is super expensive. Strip-it from Permachink.
Surprise, this product worked as advertised
Despite some serious doubts, I ordered the heavy duty version of the Woodrich product. Eureka! It did a great job. Had to do a few small spots a second time, but the results are terrific. I can highly recommend the heavy duty product, and i suggest not even bothering with the mild version. I wasted $30 to find that out…
Doesn’t work!
Doesn’t work!
The rave reviews are correct
Wow.
Until this use, I rolled my eyes at Woodrich’s claims that HD-80 strips old deck sealer. Now I’ve watched it happen. The Olympic product never touched that old finish, but I think it did work well as a prep.
It is so heartening, in this time of corruption, to find an American product that’s not a pack of lies. The VALUE is also fantastic. The 10 lb tub makes solution at $2.80 per gallon. Nothing else effective comes close.
All that said, I must pass along this caveat: HD-80 is like pool chemicals. It is SUPER caustic and must be mixed with maximum respect and PPE: elbow length chem gloves, splash goggles, long pants, boots. The undiluted powder will eat your skin for lunch, and I shudder to think what it would do to eyes. The label writers do not stress this enough.
This stuff worked pretty well to strip the stain off my deck
This stuff worked pretty well to strip the stain off my deck. Just be careful and wear PPE! It is caustic, and getting it on your skin is rough!
Tjhis product works!!!
But do use the Citrus stabilizer on wood that they offer. It stops the acid effect from continuing after the wood has been cleaned
It works as advertised. Finally!
This stripper worked better than I expected
Five Stars
GOOD STUFF
Peels stain and skin
I was disappointed that on some of the wood it didn’t do…
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Great Product
We are preparing our house siding for re-staining. This product is great.
Did not work for me.
Doesn’t work at the recommended concentrations or significantly higher concentrations.
Only slightly more effective at removing deck paint than letting mother nature work at it for 30 years. Waste of money and effort.
Best product I have used on pre stained dirty cedar
Best product I have used on pre stained dirty cedar. Cleaned it right up. Then followed up with the Woodrich Wood brightner and Neutralizer.
excellent
easy to use and does a great job of removing old stain
ITS NOT MEANT FOR DECKOVER OR SOLID STAINS
Did not work
Did nothing to strip the stain off of my deck. Thankfully I was able to return it.
This stuff doesn’t really work that great on colored stains
This stuff doesn’t really work that great on colored stains! I thought, because it said it would take off several layers of paint, that it would work great on stain – NO. It is very, very watery and it basically runs right off from the stained area before it can start working.
Four Stars
It worked great.
This stuff works!
starsDid try it on cement and didn’t have as good of luck though
This worked amazingly well on my old deck. Worth every penny! Did try it on cement and didn’t have as good of luck though.
Don’t Use on Behr Products
Great product Great customer service
Highly recommended
Works well! Highly recommended:)
Not for SOLID colored stains!
Former contractor
Just do the labor and brush it around. I recommend cutting back the amount per gallon unless you are removing a solid color stain. For semi-transparent use half the formula. Spray it on with a garden sprayer, then brush it out. Hose down with the hose nozzle at its strongest, then rinse well, very well. During the brushing, to maintain a wet edge, spray lightly with water. It still works.
Best stuff ever
This stuff liquifies the old finish in less than a minute. I couldn’t believe it. Best stuff ever. My deck is 600 sq ft and I only used a couple batches to do it all. The bucket will last many years. Great stuff.
Doesn’t work on Deckover
Bought this to strip Behr Deckover we placed on our back deck three years ago. The deckover is blistering and peeling but this product has no effect on it. Don’t waste your money. We’re replacing the boards.
Five Stars
Worked great
Don’t waste your money
This product barely removed the stain I had on my deck. If you had a very very thin layer of stain it may work OK. I ended up buying JoMax from Lowe’s and it did a great job!