a painter uses a scraping tool to remove old paint from the wooden siding of a house. Large strips and flakes of white paint curl and fall away as the scraper moves across the surface. The paint comes off in long ribbon-like pieces, revealing the natural wood underneath. More loose paint hangs ready to fall from areas where the scraper has loosened it. A helper below catches some of the falling paint pieces in a bucket. paint peeling off and being removed in layers and strips