Paint-stripping formulations

Identity and boundaries

Dumond Smart Strip Advanced is a water-based gel. McGean Cee-Bee E-3000 is a peroxide-activated viscous liquid whose sheet names polyurethane and epoxy. A-292 contains chlorinated hydrocarbons and ammonia and names alkyd and modified alkyd enamels. The claims apply to the named products. Dumond Advanced TDS, 2026-03-19 Cee-Bee E-3000 TDS, 10/2026 A7 Cee-Bee A-292 TDS, 04/2025 A3

Used stripping liquid and debris carry coating residues. McGean warns about heat generation in used E-3000 with removed coatings. Paint thinners, general cleaners and abrasive blasting have separate roles. abrasive blasting E-3000 TDS, p. 3

Exact products and supported functions

These examples are a bounded comparison, not a catalog of interchangeable products. The Cee-Bee sheets are English documents on McGean's US website with international contacts. Dumond links the cited English documents under its US data sheets. No regional formulation equivalence is established.

Sources for the respective rows are Dumond TDS, pp. 1–2, E-3000 TDS, pp. 1–3, and A-292 TDS, pp. 1–2. Smart Strip Advanced bag-on-valve has separate documents and is outside this comparison. A-292NC and E-3000M are not the identities examined here. Dumond product and document page.

The comparison supports a limited deduction. A water-based gel's role does not establish suitability for cured epoxy, and an epoxy-removal claim for E-3000 does not transfer to Advanced. Neither sheet supplies a common coating stack, exposure, corrosion measurement, or comparative removal test that would rank their performance. No universal removal or nonattack claim follows.

Disclosed composition is incomplete

The complete composition table in Advanced SDS version 8 contains only the following entries. The stated basis is weight percent, not volume percent or active content. Its footnote says identities or specific percentages may be withheld as trade secrets when marked proprietary or given as ranges. Advanced SDS, section 3.

The table is hazard disclosure, not a full formulation or lot assay. Other sections still mention proprietary components, and section 12 includes component data for dimethyl glutarate, dimethyl succinate, and sodium chloride without corresponding section 3 amounts. Those entries cannot complete a recipe or establish each component's function. The supplied mixture's persistence and degradability are not determined. Advanced SDS, sections 3, 11–12, and 15.

The inspected Cee-Bee TDS documents identify activation or constituent classes, rather than complete ingredient tables. No current Cee-Bee SDS was obtained in this research. Their undisclosed solvent, thickener, inhibitor, solids, and active-content quantities remain unknown.

Quantities and measurement conditions

These are document properties of Advanced, not process settings. The SDS does not identify sample preparation or measurement temperature for these values. Blank method fields cannot be filled from another document. Advanced SDS, section 9.

The TDS reports pH 6–7, freezing point 0 °C, and weight 10 lb/gallon alongside 4.54 kg/4 L. These differ from the SDS freezing point and bulk-density entry. The mass-volume pairs are also not exact conversions if gallon means US liquid gallon. Neither source explains the differences. They remain separate source values, not an averaged specification. A-292's TDS gives pH 12 without sample preparation, method, or temperature. E-3000's current TDS provides no numerical pH, density, viscosity, solids, or active-content specification. Advanced TDS, p. 1, A-292 TDS, E-3000 TDS.

ELC Ventures report 31323001, dated 2024-02-19 and hosted by Dumond, reports Advanced VOC of 6.00% and 62.1 g/L using EPA Method 24, plus flash point 199.8 °F, 93.2 °C, using ASTM D93 closed cup. The percentage basis, sample lot, density basis, and test-method editions are not identified. These are results for the report's product sample, not a current-lot certificate. The report emphasizes method-dependent VOC definitions. Its explanatory sentence about flash points is inconsistent with its numerical result, so that sentence does not establish a flammability classification. ELC report, entire one-page report.

Claim and edition limits

Dumond explicitly claims no methylene chloride, NMP, or caustic chemicals. That wording does not mean absence of hazards. The current SDS classifies Advanced for serious eye irritation and skin sensitization. It also leaves mixture ecotoxicity and degradability undetermined. No environmental acceptance, disposal permission, or universal safety conclusion follows from the free-of claim. Advanced TDS, Advanced SDS, sections 2 and 12–13.

McGean describes E-3000 as free of halogenated solvents, phenol, and heavy metals, with low VOC and environmental benefits. The TDS provides no numerical VOC result or biodegradation test. More consequentially, the older 11/2024 A6 sheet's broad structural-metal statement differs from A7's magnesium exception. The current sheet also retains the aluminum cross-contamination warning and the potential for severe heat generation in used stripper with removed coatings. Thus supplied-product compatibility does not characterize contaminated material or debris. Current E-3000 A7, historical E-3000 A6.

This reference covers the named documents, not all solvent, acidic, alkaline, immersion, or gel strippers. Proprietary composition, current Cee-Bee hazard classifications, quantitative corrosion or etch behavior, and common-condition comparative removal results remain gaps. Supplier conformance lists do not establish customer approval or reproduce the underlying qualification tests. These limitations prevent generalizing one product's coating or metal claims to the formulation class.