Hi, I need to remove a coloured Wax finish from a number of Interior
doors to take them back to the bare wood so they can be refinished,

Does anyone know the most effective and fastest way of doing this,
using white spirit or sandpaper seems to slowly do the trick but will
take days to finish this way,

Are there any better ways of going about this task?

Thanks, Chris

wrote:
Hi, I need to remove a coloured Wax finish from a number of Interior
doors to take them back to the bare wood so they can be refinished,

Does anyone know the most effective and fastest way of doing this,
using white spirit or sandpaper seems to slowly do the trick but will
take days to finish this way,

Are there any better ways of going about this task?

Thanks, Chris


If it really is wax, white spirit and wire wool is about as good as it
gets. If it's a wax "look" finish you may have to go to paint stripper

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, writes
Hi, I need to remove a coloured Wax finish from a number of Interior
doors to take them back to the bare wood so they can be refinished,

Does anyone know the most effective and fastest way of doing this,
using white spirit or sandpaper seems to slowly do the trick but will
take days to finish this way,

Are there any better ways of going about this task?

Snowboard base cleaner. The citrus based cleaners (Red being one) are
used to clean old wax out of porous snowboard bases and are amazingly
effective, think supermarket citrus cleaner x10. Only available in small
bottles (250ml) and expensive (10GBP) but used sparingly it would do
several doors.

Available from S/B shops & online. eg:
http://www.edgeriders.com/catalog/pr...oducts_id/1431

Scrape off any excess wax first and finish with a wipe of white spirit to get
rid of the cleaner.
--
fred
Plusnet - I hope you like vanilla

fred wrote:
In article .com
, writes
Hi, I need to remove a coloured Wax finish from a number of Interior
doors to take them back to the bare wood so they can be refinished,

Does anyone know the most effective and fastest way of doing this,
using white spirit or sandpaper seems to slowly do the trick but will
take days to finish this way,

Are there any better ways of going about this task?

Snowboard base cleaner. The citrus based cleaners (Red being one) are
used to clean old wax out of porous snowboard bases

How do they do that? Are you sure they don't just drive the wax further
into the base like white spirit would? How do they lift something out of
a porous material? Just asking

and are amazingly
effective, think supermarket citrus cleaner x10. Only available in small
bottles (250ml) and expensive (10GBP) but used sparingly it would do
several doors.

Available from S/B shops & online. eg:
http://www.edgeriders.com/catalog/pr...oducts_id/1431

Scrape off any excess wax first and finish with a wipe of white spirit to get
rid of the cleaner.

In article , Stuart Noble
writes
fred wrote:
In article .com
, writes
Hi, I need to remove a coloured Wax finish from a number of Interior
doors to take them back to the bare wood so they can be refinished,

Does anyone know the most effective and fastest way of doing this,
using white spirit or sandpaper seems to slowly do the trick but will
take days to finish this way,

Are there any better ways of going about this task?

Snowboard base cleaner. The citrus based cleaners (Red being one) are
used to clean old wax out of porous snowboard bases

How do they do that? Are you sure they don't just drive the wax further
into the base like white spirit would? How do they lift something out of
a porous material? Just asking

I think of it being a bit like washing up liquid or laundry liquid/powder, it
seems to dissolve the wax/grime and retain it in the liquid. Then when you
wipe off the excess, the wax comes with it and the surface appears wax
free and dry.

With white spirit you've got the solvent/dilution action without the retention
so I think that is less effective.

It's one of those things that has to be seen to be believed, amazing stuff.
--
fred
Plusnet - I hope you like vanilla

fred wrote:
In article , Stuart Noble
writes
fred wrote:
In article .com
, writes
Hi, I need to remove a coloured Wax finish from a number of Interior
doors to take them back to the bare wood so they can be refinished,

Does anyone know the most effective and fastest way of doing this,
using white spirit or sandpaper seems to slowly do the trick but will
take days to finish this way,

Are there any better ways of going about this task?

Snowboard base cleaner. The citrus based cleaners (Red being one) are
used to clean old wax out of porous snowboard bases
How do they do that? Are you sure they don't just drive the wax further
into the base like white spirit would? How do they lift something out of
a porous material? Just asking

I think of it being a bit like washing up liquid or laundry liquid/powder, it
seems to dissolve the wax/grime and retain it in the liquid. Then when you
wipe off the excess, the wax comes with it and the surface appears wax
free and dry.

Well, yes, it acts like any detergent, but what stops it penetrating
what you describe as a porous surface?

With white spirit you've got the solvent/dilution action without the retention
so I think that is less effective.

It's one of those things that has to be seen to be believed, amazing stuff.

In article , Stuart Noble
writes
fred wrote:
I think of it being a bit like washing up liquid or laundry liquid/powder, it
seems to dissolve the wax/grime and retain it in the liquid. Then when you
wipe off the excess, the wax comes with it and the surface appears wax
free and dry.

Well, yes, it acts like any detergent, but what stops it penetrating
what you describe as a porous surface?

This is the bit where you re-read:
It's one of those things that has to be seen to be believed, amazing stuff.

Try it, if it works for you, great, if it doesn't then come back and let us
know but I don't have intimate analytical knowledge of all the products that
I use, like and work for me, I'm just a satisfied user.
--
fred
Plusnet - I hope you like vanilla