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If it’s water based house paint thinner or mineral spirits will generally just make it gummy. Jasco Strippers and Removers Archives - Jasco Help will take it off BUT wear your PPE, especially if you are going to use your PW to do the rest of the stripping. Jasco works extremely well but it will also burn like crazy if you get it on your skin.
That’s so sad, terrible tying to do to a grieving widow.
Please get his company name and info and post it here, not for vengeance but for awareness, nobody should hire him ever again
In all fairness, we’re not sure she was grieving and it sounds like she is a thief of she accepted services and didn’t pay for them. Two sides to everything. I wouldn’t do any work for her, that’s for sure.
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Agreed…if someone close to me passes away I don’t get a free pass. Still have to pay my bills.
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Then send to collections or get a mechanic’s lien. Don’t resort to vandalism. That’s all I was trying to say.
The fact that this guy vandalized her home says a little more about him than it does her. But I’m not saying you shouldn’t be cautious, or run away if other warning signs appear.
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Agreed …
I have a “friend” that I’m sending to collections next week. I don’t care if it cost me more then the $300 he owes me. He “bought” his mom a house wash for mother’s day. Didn’t pay within the 14 days…hasn’t responded to emails…and blocked me on FB.
But I would never vandalize his house or property
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But I’ll try and ruin his credit.
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Haha that can be very effective on alot of people.
Is it real brick?
Caustic soda and water should do the trick, but you have to watch it and do a test spot that it doesn’t eat the brick. the base of the majority of paint strippers is caustic soda
I’d just run away!
Did you get it finished? Curious if everything worked out.
Sherwin Williams sells a paint remover, it’s gel based and can be brushed on, very effective stuff.
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Paint the house. Easiest way.
In California 2002 I built a really really nice redwood fence for a “friend”. Said he had a “homeowner builder” permit which is standard out there. (Cant do more than $500 w/o contractors licence). Pay me an agreed upon sum at the end. Well, at the end I asked for my money and he said “no problem, whats your licence number?” and laughed. He didnt have the permit which means I contracted without a licence. $8000 lost.
Moral is, people can really screw you. However, two nights later, myself and a couple of buds carried chainsaws over there and cut every post at waist height.
He saved $8000 but paid $20000 to fix it.
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Dang.
Reminds me of a story a buddy of mine told me years back. He was a professional tiler.
He did a large job for a customer, and at the end of the job, the guy refuses payment because he didn’t like the color or some other stupid reason. So my friend picks up a sledge hammer, and drops it on one of the tiles, shattering it. The guy is like “WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!”
“I’m undoing my work. You said you didn’t like it.”
(Smashes another tile)
“What, wait, you can’t do that!!”
“Sure can. You don’t want to pay me for the work, I don’t have to leave it here.”
(Smashes another tile)
“Ok, ok, I’ll pay you!..”
“Glad to hear it. I’ll be glad to replace these tiles for free as soon as your check clears.”
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Still working on it … plan to start tomorrow … going to be a full day… lol
Now the burning question:
Has the check cleared?? 
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Yep got payed the same day…
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Did you use the Caustic soda or something else. Looks good
