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A new neighbour wishes to restore the oak panelling in his hall - the
house was once owned by a coffin maker. ;-) When I first saw it many years ago it was stained very dark - near black. The next owner painted it white. The present one wants it back to natural, but even after sanding there are traces of the original stain - and the intricate mouldings make sanding difficult without damage. Any tips? -- *Who are these kids and why are they calling me Mom? Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote: A new neighbour wishes to restore the oak panelling in his hall When I first saw it many years ago it was stained very dark - near black. The next owner painted it white. Why do people who shouldn't have nice things always manage to get them? The present one wants it back to natural, but even after sanding there are traces of the original stain - and the intricate mouldings make sanding difficult without damage. Any tips? Nitromorse. |
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On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 00:48:01 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote: The present one wants it back to natural, He'll be lucky. but even after sanding there are traces of the original stain - and the intricate mouldings make sanding difficult without damage. Any tips? Same as any complicated stripping job - you probably have to use a number of methods in sequence. Try one of the "blanket" strippers if it's mouldings - something like the usual Nitromors recipe of methanol and dichloromethane, thickened with cellulose and laid on under a layer of thick polyethylene. Some of this depends on the stain - pigment stains will lift off the surface but not out of the pores, dye stains will be near impossible to shift from oak. Sandvik also do some nice long-handled scrapers with carbide blades and a ball handle to apply pressure with, As a final measure, try oxalic acid bleach to lighten aged oak. |
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You could try caustic soda, Dave. Although you will have to make sure
you rinse every last crystaline trace of it off the walls when you're done unless you want to have visitors telling you how their clothes have developed holes after leaning on your friend's panelling (this will often occur after clothes have gone through the wash). See he http://www.motherearthnews.com/libra...tain_Chemistry There are also strong pastes that seem to do a better job of stripping old paint, especially on uneven surfaces. And one last thing - a tad dangerous - but I've always found a good way of creating cheap razor-sharp scrapers is to cut convex pieces of scrap glass with a glass cutter. When the edge wears off, cut a new piece. Get your glass from a glazier's skip. |
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Andy reminded me: How come when I repeatedly mention how I'd love a big
Skarsten scraper for Christmas no-one in my family ever takes the hint? Dave - My dad used to have a Skarsten with a big knobbly handle like Andy mentioned and it made life so much easier. |
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"Andy Dingley" wrote in message ... On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 00:48:01 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote: The present one wants it back to natural, He'll be lucky. but even after sanding there are traces of the original stain - and the intricate mouldings make sanding difficult without damage. Any tips? Same as any complicated stripping job - you probably have to use a number of methods in sequence. Try one of the "blanket" strippers if it's mouldings - something like the usual Nitromors recipe of methanol and dichloromethane, thickened with cellulose and laid on under a layer of thick polyethylene. Some of this depends on the stain - pigment stains will lift off the surface but not out of the pores, dye stains will be near impossible to shift from oak. Sandvik also do some nice long-handled scrapers with carbide blades and a ball handle to apply pressure with, As a final measure, try oxalic acid bleach to lighten aged oak. It will be messy but you could also get it sand blasted. One of my customers is having this done to oak beams. |
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On 22 Dec 2005 18:32:12 -0800, "Buzby"
wrote: You could try caustic soda, Dave. Dont EVER EVER use caustic soda on Oak you will open up the grain and ruin it! Use Nitromorse! |
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Stephen Dawson wrote:
It will be messy but you could also get it sand blasted. One of my customers is having this done to oak beams. This is an effective way to round off all the details, ruin mouldings and expose worm holing in beams. Not recommended. NT |
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Buzby wrote:
See he http://www.motherearthnews.com/libra...tain_Chemistry ohh. On google that comes out shortened to 'secrets of pain' And one last thing - a tad dangerous - but I've always found a good way of creating cheap razor-sharp scrapers is to cut convex pieces of scrap glass with a glass cutter. When the edge wears off, cut a new piece. Get your glass from a glazier's skip. Would that be lses likely to scratch the glass than a steel scraper? NT |
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Buzby wrote: Andy reminded me: How come when I repeatedly mention how I'd love a big Skarsten scraper for Christmas no-one in my family ever takes the hint? Dave - My dad used to have a Skarsten with a big knobbly handle like Andy mentioned and it made life so much easier. If your other do it yourself efforts are anything like the use of caustic on oak then the answer must be that your family would prefer to have their surroundings adjusted less Buzbyly. |
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Agreed. Absolutely the worst thing to do is sand blasting. Next worst
is any scraping or sanding. Nitromors or similar only, used gently with plastic brushes etc. Impossible to remove stain so you might as well learn to like it. Treat it with raw linseed/real turps half and half. Will be rich and dark but will polish up. If you don't like dark oak then paint it. If you've already done much sanding it will probably look a mess so you might as well just paint it and forget it. cheers Jacob |
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marbl2 wrote:
On 22 Dec 2005 18:32:12 -0800, "Buzby" wrote: You could try caustic soda, Dave. Dont EVER EVER use caustic soda on Oak you will open up the grain and ruin it! Use Nitromorse! Inspector or code? -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite |
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
A new neighbour wishes to restore the oak panelling in his hall - the house was once owned by a coffin maker. ;-) When I first saw it many years ago it was stained very dark - near black. The next owner painted it white. The present one wants it back to natural, but even after sanding there are traces of the original stain - and the intricate mouldings make sanding difficult without damage. Any tips? Hah! you've taken on a job you wished you hadn't now. :-( For thr intricate Nitromors and a dremel drill or similiar, using the brass conical bit, this is so fine and soft it won't gouge the wood, put drill on slowest speed. Providing you have a dremel that is? -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite |
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Stephen Dawson wrote:
It will be messy but you could also get it sand blasted. One of my customers is having this done to oak beams. wince |
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For thr intricate Nitromors and a dremel drill or similiar, using the
brass conical bit, this is so fine and soft it won't gouge the wood, put drill on slowest speed. Providing you have a dremel that is? Oh and if you haven't a dremel a "brass suede shoe brush" is your best bet. -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite |
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The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote: The present one wants it back to natural, but even after sanding there are traces of the original stain - and the intricate mouldings make sanding difficult without damage. Any tips? Hah! you've taken on a job you wished you hadn't now. :-( I'm not doing it - he is. I was just hoping to pass on some tips as he's a bit of a DIY newbie. -- *Heart attacks... God's revenge for eating his animal friends Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote: For thr intricate Nitromors and a dremel drill or similiar, using the brass conical bit, this is so fine and soft it won't gouge the wood, put drill on slowest speed. Providing you have a dremel that is? Oh and if you haven't a dremel a "brass suede shoe brush" is your best bet. Sounds better to me - I'd be worried about the dremel throwing the Nitromors around. -- *Few women admit their age; fewer men act it. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 10:24:42 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote: In article , The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote: For thr intricate Nitromors and a dremel drill or similiar, using the brass conical bit, this is so fine and soft it won't gouge the wood, put drill on slowest speed. Providing you have a dremel that is? Oh and if you haven't a dremel a "brass suede shoe brush" is your best bet. Sounds better to me - I'd be worried about the dremel throwing the Nitromors around. Simple solution. Buy a Prion. They come with a rubber suit. Or you could borrow Dribble's.... -- ..andy |
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article , The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote: For thr intricate Nitromors and a dremel drill or similiar, using the brass conical bit, this is so fine and soft it won't gouge the wood, put drill on slowest speed. Providing you have a dremel that is? Oh and if you haven't a dremel a "brass suede shoe brush" is your best bet. Sounds better to me - I'd be worried about the dremel throwing the Nitromors around. Thats what batman suits are for. ;-) -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite |
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The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
For thr intricate Nitromors and a dremel drill or similiar, using the brass conical bit, this is so fine and soft it won't gouge the wood, put drill on slowest speed. Providing you have a dremel that is? Oh and if you haven't a dremel a "brass suede shoe brush" is your best bet. -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite The *only* way to make a good job of panelling is is to have it dipped, preferably by the non-caustic method. Dip 'n Strip used to have franchises dotted about. Scratching about in situ will do your head in, and give you the classic d-i-y 90% stripped look like all those staircases you've seen where people say, "Took us a year but we're *so* pleased with it". And you think, "Yeah, I can see how it used to be 'cos you've left paint in all the grooves". Caustic can work quite well on oak as long as you don't heat it (a lot of commercial outfits use heated tanks). Bleach it with peroxide to undo the greying effect. |
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Stuart Noble wrote:
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote: For thr intricate Nitromors and a dremel drill or similiar, using the brass conical bit, this is so fine and soft it won't gouge the wood, put drill on slowest speed. Providing you have a dremel that is? Oh and if you haven't a dremel a "brass suede shoe brush" is your best bet. -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite The *only* way to make a good job of panelling is is to have it dipped, preferably by the non-caustic method. Dip 'n Strip used to have franchises dotted about. Thats the way to go but if its the 1930's? paneling in this situ then it would be a bugger to to take orf with a lot of making good putting back on. -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite |
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The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote: The *only* way to make a good job of panelling is is to have it dipped, preferably by the non-caustic method. Dip 'n Strip used to have franchises dotted about. Thats the way to go but if its the 1930's? paneling in this situ then it would be a bugger to to take orf with a lot of making good putting back on. It certainly would. -- *When I'm not in my right mind, my left mind gets pretty crowded * Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On 22 Dec 2005 18:42:18 -0800, "Buzby" wrote:
Andy reminded me: How come when I repeatedly mention how I'd love a big Skarsten scraper for Christmas no-one in my family ever takes the hint? Skarsten don't do big scrapers. Sandvik do _big_ scrapers. Friend of mine has a panelled room (sloped ceilings too) in a building which was allegedly built as a dairy. But it's either a Welsh priest-hole or else it was built by someone who normally did Chapels (and very finely he built it too). Now scraping the flat surfaces of that really was hard going - tried everything on it he did. In the end he got very attached to one particular top-end model of Sandvik scraper. |
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On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 00:48:01 +0000 (GMT), Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
A new neighbour wishes to restore the oak panelling in his hall - the house was once owned by a coffin maker. ;-) When I first saw it many years ago it was stained very dark - near black. The next owner painted it white. The present one wants it back to natural, but even after sanding there are traces of the original stain - and the intricate mouldings make sanding difficult without damage. Any tips? Sandblasting is the only hope. In situ. Not that expenisve - a few hundred only - use calcium carbonate for wood. Helluva mess afterwards. Strip area of EVERYTHING and expect to hoover ten times or so. See yellow pages If dismantled, caustic may work. After blasting, it will be grain etched. Sanding will help for a newish look, or leave it etched for Ye Olde Worlde look. |
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On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 06:43:33 GMT, Stephen Dawson wrote:
"Andy Dingley" wrote in message ... On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 00:48:01 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote: The present one wants it back to natural, He'll be lucky. but even after sanding there are traces of the original stain - and the intricate mouldings make sanding difficult without damage. Any tips? Same as any complicated stripping job - you probably have to use a number of methods in sequence. Try one of the "blanket" strippers if it's mouldings - something like the usual Nitromors recipe of methanol and dichloromethane, thickened with cellulose and laid on under a layer of thick polyethylene. Some of this depends on the stain - pigment stains will lift off the surface but not out of the pores, dye stains will be near impossible to shift from oak. Sandvik also do some nice long-handled scrapers with carbide blades and a ball handle to apply pressure with, As a final measure, try oxalic acid bleach to lighten aged oak. It will be messy but you could also get it sand blasted. One of my customers is having this done to oak beams. I had it done on some new ones after stupid builder painted thick varnish on them.. Came out well, but heavily grained. No trace of varnish left anywhere. |
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