A home owner asked me to resurface his kitchen counter top that it was previously painted by other guy, when I asked him what material he has underneath, he told me corian and he showed me the bathroom one, burn amber corian, whoa! I don't know what to do, I think that if we remove the very bad paint finishing job and repair the possible scratches sanding it out it going to look better, but my question is, Can I use paint remover over corian?
Thank you

Everything I have read so far says not to subject corian to strong chemicals such as paint remover. Sorry, but that's as far as it got. I guess you will have to go directly to the manufacturer for further info.

If the ugly paint job is adhereing your can sand it with 220 grit and feather any imperfections. I'd primer with Zinsser 123 Bullseye and repaint with a good epoxy. Paint remover may hurt Corian but what the heck it is going to be painted anyway so you could try it. Make sure the home owner understands that you are trying to repair someone else's screw up and there may be complications.

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Originally Posted by hjcuba

A home owner asked me to resurface his kitchen counter top that it was previously painted by other guy, when I asked him what material he has underneath, he told me corian and he showed me the bathroom one, burn amber corian, whoa! I don't know what to do, I think that if we remove the very bad paint finishing job and repair the possible scratches sanding it out it going to look better, but my question is, Can I use paint remover over corian?
Thank you

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I work with Corian professionally. Even small amounts of paint remover WILL damage Corian. Lots of paint remover will damage Corian severely. Corian is made of acrylic resin and most modern paints are also made with acrylics.

You can remove paint from Corian by scraping, perhaps; or by sanding with a random orbit sander with a vacuum hose attached.

Yes, I did read that he is planning to repaint. The problem is that paint stripper will etch the surface of the Corian severely, and result in an uneven, soft, blotchy, gummy surface. It will not be a surface suitable for a good repainting job. Scraping and/or sanding the old paint off the Corian, in my opinion, is a much better technique than using paint stripper. I mean no disrespect to ballengerb1 and I am sure that he is very knowledgeable about many things. However, I am an expert in Corian maintenance and repair, and I know from 24 years of experience that paint stripper and Corian do not work well together.

- Jim Heaphy