Krud Kutter Gloss-Off Prepaint Surface Preparation Cleaner, 32 oz, No Sanding Liquid Deglosser for Cabinets, Trim, Doors and Furniture, Removes Dirt Grease and Gloss for Paint Adhesion

Prepares oil base paint surfaces to accept waterborne products without sanding. Clean the surface first with Krud Kutter cleaner degreaser.

Really good product and works amazing

I am currently expecting my first baby with my husband. When we found out, I knew immediately that we had a lot of work to do around the house prepping for baby. Our house was built in the 50's and there's a lot of natural wood, heavily lacquered trim and hollow core doors. Previous owners had painted some trim white, some doors white, and I knew I wanted all of the trim white. I also read that you could update your home and make it look more expensive if the doors were painted black. I can only be around low odor, zero VOC paint. Behr makes a primer and paint in one that is just that. I bought Polar Bear for the trim and Carbon for the doors. I used the Krud Kutter deglosser on the trim and the door. I did read through several reviews before I used it. I rubbed it on the wood surfaces with a Scotch Brite scrubbing pad. The trim was a little tricky, especially in the grooves. It does clean grime off as well so I wiped everything down with a damp microfiber cloth. It took a 3-4 coats of the white because wood grain would show through. The door was coated almost in 1 coat, second coat for touch ups. This was much easier and less messy than traditional sanding and does a good job. The only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is because it says "non toxic" but there's warnings not to get it on your skin or in your eyes. When I think non-toxic, I think I wouldn't have to wear gloves to use it. There is no smell, I did have open windows and a fan going for precaution, but I didn't notice any side effects of bad fumes. It does dry quickly and can be painted soon after application.

Way better than TSP products. With TSP the wood bleeds through and turns while paint yellow, with Gloss Off it cleans the surface and really gets rid of a lot of stain left on the surface as well as the top coats so when you’re ready to paint it’s all “matte” and a great surface for paint adhesion. I wish there was more because you need the rag really saturated so if you have a big project you’ll need at least 2.5 of these or more. I used mine for wooden baseboards, window trims, and more so I used 2 total. Maybe I was using too much? But I loved this stuff.

Works great, used on painted wall to prep for wall tile. Hard to source locally.

I used this product before painting my cheap mobile home cabinets. The paint adhered properly with little other prep needed. I did have to seal the rough particle board where the plastic woodgrain had worn off.

This is not what I was expecting. It is essentially just a cleaner. It did not de gloss for me or make it so I didn’t have to sand. It did nothing but maybe clean.

Worked ok. Too much trouble to use.