Patent ID: 6969303

Claim:
A treatment material for admixture with a paint stripper or for use in a method for removing a coating, said coating having a hazardous metal or compound contained therein, said treatment material comprising: a. a combination of: i. an alkali metal silicate or alkaline earth metal silicate or alkaline earth metal silicate oxide or portland cement, ii. an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal phosphate, and iii. an oxide or hydroxide of a magnesium, aluminum, iron, potassium or sodium, wherein said combination is present in a ratio ranging from 10:0.01:0.01 to 0.01:1:1 respectively; and b. a solvent in an amount up to about 55% by total weight of the treatment material, wherein said solvent is selected from water, aliphatic hydrocarbons, aromatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, esters, glycol ethers, ketones, chlorinated solvents and glycols.