Remove plaster from unpainted woodwork - ages ago spare room renovated. New
woodwork and plaster. Some wet plaster splashed onto the woodwork, and has
dried on. I have now, at last, decided to varnish the wood rather than paint
it.

So, what's the best way to get the plaster off the wood? Sanding is
difficult, as there are lots of nooks and crannies. I was rather hoping that
I could just wash the plaster off with something. Any ideas?

GB wrote:
Remove plaster from unpainted woodwork - ages ago spare room
renovated. New woodwork and plaster. Some wet plaster splashed onto
the woodwork, and has dried on. I have now, at last, decided to
varnish the wood rather than paint it.

So, what's the best way to get the plaster off the wood? Sanding is
difficult, as there are lots of nooks and crannies. I was rather
hoping that I could just wash the plaster off with something. Any
ideas?

A scraper

"Phil L" wrote in message
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GB wrote:
Remove plaster from unpainted woodwork - ages ago spare room
renovated. New woodwork and plaster. Some wet plaster splashed onto
the woodwork, and has dried on. I have now, at last, decided to
varnish the wood rather than paint it.

So, what's the best way to get the plaster off the wood? Sanding is
difficult, as there are lots of nooks and crannies. I was rather
hoping that I could just wash the plaster off with something. Any
ideas?

A scraper

I can get the big bits of plaster off, but it's ingrained in the wood and
discolouring it. It's the discolouration I wanted to get rid of, if possible
without sanding a load of the wood off too.

In article ,
"GB" writes:
Remove plaster from unpainted woodwork - ages ago spare room renovated. New
woodwork and plaster. Some wet plaster splashed onto the woodwork, and has
dried on. I have now, at last, decided to varnish the wood rather than paint
it.

So, what's the best way to get the plaster off the wood? Sanding is
difficult, as there are lots of nooks and crannies. I was rather hoping that
I could just wash the plaster off with something. Any ideas?

Any acid will dissolve it, e.g. kettle descaler (but not one with
a die in it as you will be varnishing the wood). Neutralise the
acid with bicarbonate of soda dissolved in water afterwards, and
then wash that off with water. This will probably raise the grain
of the wood, and need some time to dry afterwards.

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Andrew Gabriel
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"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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In article ,
"GB" writes:
Remove plaster from unpainted woodwork - ages ago spare room renovated.
New
woodwork and plaster. Some wet plaster splashed onto the woodwork, and
has
dried on. I have now, at last, decided to varnish the wood rather than
paint
it.

So, what's the best way to get the plaster off the wood? Sanding is
difficult, as there are lots of nooks and crannies. I was rather hoping
that
I could just wash the plaster off with something. Any ideas?

Any acid will dissolve it, e.g. kettle descaler (but not one with
a die in it as you will be varnishing the wood). Neutralise the
acid with bicarbonate of soda dissolved in water afterwards, and
then wash that off with water. This will probably raise the grain
of the wood, and need some time to dry afterwards.



Fantastic! I'll give it a go with citric acid or vinegar, unless I can find
something a bit stronger somewhere. I'll report back in case anybody
searches for this in future.

On 3 Apr, 00:09, "GB" wrote:

Fantastic! I'll give it a go with citric acid or vinegar, unless I can find
something a bit stronger somewhere. I'll report back in case anybody
searches for this in future.

vinegar is way quicker ime

NT