jkn wrote:
On Aug 11, 9:44 pm, "BigWallop"
wrote:


After buffing the cladding with a sanding machine, you might find a
lovely light pine wood underneath the stain. A clear coat of yacht
varnish looks great on new light pine, as it brings out the woods
grain. Well, I think so, anyway. :-)

On a related note ... our kitchen/diner is lined with heavily
varnished pine T&G type material - and yes it looks like a sauna.
SWMBO quite likes it though, and it may hide a multitude of sins
underneath. I'd quite like to sand it down and refinish, something
like you suggest - but I wonder about the best way of getting at the
'valleys' between the boards. A wire brush in a drill? Nitromors? or
something else??

You've said it: Nitromors and carefully "brushed out". A brass brush if you
can get hold of one if the valley requires it.