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Turner, S. NONPROCESS SOLVENT USE IN THE FURNITURE REFINISHING AND REPAIR INDUSTRY: EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE STRIPPERS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-96/015 (NTIS PB96153416), 1996.

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The report gives results of an evaluation of the feasibility of using alternatives to high volatile organic compound/hazardous air pollutant (VOC/HAP) solvent-based, chemical strippers that are currently used in the furniture repair and refinishing industry to remove both traditional high-VOC lacquer and emerging, low-VOC, wood furniture coatings. ive alternative chemical strippers, consisting of one industrial and four retail chemical strippers, were screened. bjectives of the re-search were to: (1) conduct a laboratory evaluation of the performance of five alternative chemical stripper formulations and compare their performance to that of a traditional solvent-based chemical stripper formulation on three coatings types found on wood furniture substrates, and (2) assess, in a furniture refinishing facility the use of the best performing alternative chemical stripper on traditional furniture coatings and new emerging low-VOC furniture coatings. lternative chemical strippers were evaluated based on their stripping effectiveness compared to a methylene-chloride-based stripper. anel experienced in chemical stripping evaluated the samples and selected the most effective chemical stripper for further evaluation. n on-site assessment of the best performing alternative chemical stripper from the screening evaluation took place at a Durham, North Carolina, refinishing facility.

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