Klean Strip paint thinners or varnish thinners
2 reports to CPSC, the latest made Aug 28, 2025. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 2reports to CPSC
- Aug 28, 2025the latest report was made
- Aug 24, 2015the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Klean Strip
- Maker
- W.M. Barr & Company, Inc.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Paint thinners or varnish thinnersCPSC’s product type: Paint Thinners or Varnish Thinners (code 908), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Household Chemicals, Paint, & Cleaning Products
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| August 2025 | 1 |
| August 2015 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 2 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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No one hurt Made Aug 28, 2025, sent to the company Nov 18, 2025, published by CPSC Dec 3, 2025
The product, in the report: Lacquer thinner
(08/26/2025) The consumer has a safety concern with the product that he purchased. He stated the product is mislabeled. It is sold as lacquer thinner, but it is actual acetone. The consumer checked other labels in the store for the same product. They are all mislabeled.
- Model
- Lacquer thinner
- UPC
- 3019224170
- Bought from
- Lowes, New York
- Bought
- Jul 26, 2025
- Where
- Auburn, New York: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Klean Strip, made or sold by W.M. Barr & Company, Inc.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Aug 24, 2015, sent to the company Nov 23, 2015, published by CPSC Dec 15, 2015
The product, in the report: Lacquer Thinner, 1 Gallon (Packaging Description: blue on top and bottom; orange middle and picture of a guy with paint roller)
The consumer purchased the product and put it on the floor of the passenger side in his vehicle. While driving, he braked and the product hit something. The plastic cap came off and the content poured out on the floor of his vehicle.
It started a fire in his car.
The consumer contacted a fire fighter. He was informed that a spontaneous combustion occurred which caused the fire. The consumer stated that the whole vehicle is damaged.
The consumer contacted Klean Strip. The consumer was referred to their third party insurance company. The consumer was informed by the insurance company that they would not assist him since he didn’t have an actual can as an evidence to prove that the incident occurred from Klean Strip lacquer thinner.
The consumer stated that the can burnt with the car and he has no physical evidence.
The consumer pulled into a car wash when the fire started. One of the vacuums at the car wash also melted.
- Model
- Unknown
- Serial number
- Unknown
- Bought from
- Home Depot, Oregon
- Bought
- Apr 19, 2015
- Where
- Grants Pass, Oregon: Street or Highway
- Who was involved
- Unspecified
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Klean Strip, made or sold by W.M. Barr & Company, Inc.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
CPSC’s disclaimer
Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.
Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.
Sources
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
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