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How can I strip the polyurethane coating and the walnut stain from ONLY
the TOP of my coffee table WITHOUT affecting the sides and legs? |
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How can I tell if it's tinted catalized lacquer or polyurethane?
Will a stripper remove both? (Can you recommend a brand name of the stripper?) |
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Prometheus wrote: SNIP Took off seven layers of latex and oil-based paints, though- and it smelled good, too. It won't remove analine dye that has soaked into the wood. SNIP Which one was that? I have heard of these working, but never taking off 7 layers of anything. Was that at one time? That could be a neat tool in the box for later use. Robert |
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Prometheus wrote: card scraper...... I've got a couple of Sandviks as well, but they're too f*#%ing hard to roll a burr on unless you're carrying a vise on the jobsite. carrying a vise to the jobsite is no big deal if you have the right vise. try a saw filing vise. it's perfect for the task. |
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Bill wrote:
On 8 Jun 2006 23:29:09 -0700, wrote: Will a stripper remove both? (Can you recommend a brand name of the stripper?) When if comes to chemical strippers, it's easy to tell the good from the bad. If the can features pictures of bunnies, lambs, clouds, and words like "safe" or "friendly", save your money, it'll be useless. If you see skull & crossbones, plus "danger", "poison", and "highly corrosive", that's the stuff you want. Add a face shield, organic vapor respirator, heavy nitrile gloves and you'll be all set. I guess you've never used PeelAway. They have several formulations and the couple I've used have worked great. I've seen people do whole clapboard houses with the stuff with the fabric laid over it to keep it from drying out too quickly. When they pull the fabric off it pulls all of the layers of paint with it. There's a minor amount of scraping afterwards, but it does an amazing job. There are formulations that remove epoxies and polyurethanes, others for latex and oil paints, etc. The nicest thing is that it isn't canned death. If it makes you feel any better, you're still supposed to wear gloves and a respirator (though many people don't). R R |
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On 9 Jun 2006 16:47:42 -0700, "RicodJour"
wrote: Bill wrote: If you see skull & crossbones, plus "danger", "poison", and "highly corrosive", that's the stuff you want. Add a face shield, organic vapor respirator, heavy nitrile gloves and you'll be all set. I guess you've never used PeelAway. No, I haven't. I'll look for it the next time I absolutely, positively have to strip something. I just hope SWMBO doesn't find out about it, though. "Canned death" is something I use to get out of some stripping jobs. "I'd love to refinish that for you dear, but a heat gun would damage it, and you know how poisonous those chemicals are..." |
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I took " suggestion and used Jasco's Premium
Paint & Epoxy Remover because it: 1. "removes tough and easy coatings including paint, epoxy, urethane, latex, lacquers" 2. is "fast-acting in 5-15 minutes" 3. "removes "multiple coats with one application". I used a new paint brush to flow the remover on in a thick coat in one direction. I waited 15 minutes (until surface was blistered) and I removed the finish with a plastic spatula. ALL OF JASCO's CLAIMS WERE LIES!! After following the above process FOUR times, almost all of the original finish remained. I then used a DeWalt Heavy-Duty 1/4-Sheet Palm Grip Sander. I started with 80-grit sandpaper and it removed ALL of the finish very quickly and cleanly. I then used a 150-grit sandpaper and finished with a 220-grit sandpaper. FANTASTIC RESULTS!! Jasco wasted my money and wasted my time. It should be ashamed and embarrassed to sell such a worthless product. |
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