On Aug 12, 2:19*am, "BigWallop"
wrote:
"BigWallop" wrote in message

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"Clot" wrote in message
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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.

Yep. *I'd go with that approach too, Clot. *Try just the brush on it
first,
to loosen and score the surface, before applying the nitromors. *It might
just help in getting the stripper right into the coating, rather than it
struggling to break through a shiny skin.

Also, which I forgot to add, you need fire retardant varnish on these type
ceilings. *Especially in rooms with cooking appliances or where hot plates
etc. may be use. *So make sure you're safe as well as refurbished.

Intumescent varnish. You can get a nice permanently light finish on
pine by painting and immediately wiping the paint off, then add your
varnish when dry. The result is whitish but you can still see the
grain.


NT