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29th September 2007, 05:02 PM #1
Chalk Marks on Timber - How to Remove?
Hi everyone.
I am about to sand a WA Karri floor and cannot work out how to get the mill's chalk marks off without excessive sanding. I only want to do a light sand as this is all the boards need before oiling. But every board (170sqm of it) has a Z written on them in white chalk.
I have tried to wash them out with wet sponge, and seen if the oil finish will cover over them - neither worked well.
Any ideas on getting these chalk marks out?
Also, anyone know what the Z's (or are they N's) are for anyway?
Silly time to ask questions I know - Grand Final just started I think. Am I the only one who does not care for footy?
Thanks.
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29th September 2007, 05:12 PM #2
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29th September 2007, 05:56 PM #3GOLD MEMBER
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Footy? what's footy?
NT, if it is really "chalk" a pencil eraser will take it off. For a large job like that it might be a bit tedious, you might want to buy a big roll of art eraser (putty rubber) for that.
Are you sure it is not some sort of wax crayon? That could be tougher.
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29th September 2007, 07:13 PM #4
what final??
normaly the marks indercate the underside of the boards.
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29th September 2007, 07:14 PM #5
A card scraper would take the least wood off?
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29th September 2007, 08:05 PM #6
Maybe you should get a Geelong player to do the job.
They wiped P/A all across the GHave a good one
Keith
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29th September 2007, 09:55 PM #7
Thanks for the input guys.
I tried most of those options, but in the end I had to sand the Z's out . The chalk was to far into the grain.
Wiesyboy - You're in the biz so I expect you are normally right... but on these boards the bottom of the boards were shaped with two grooves running length ways. The top had the Z's. Every board.
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OK - for next time, a compressed air gun fired with the grain and a fine wire brush on a dremel will generally get it out. Its a painfully slow process but it works.
As for the footy, I watched about 5 minutes and got itchin for sawdust so I went back to the shed. I did listen to bits on the radio.
Cheers
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29th September 2007, 10:09 PM #9
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30th September 2007, 12:38 PM #10
Chalk normally comes off easily. Is it a wax stick mark, like a crayon? Not sure of your supplier, but I have plenty of reject/seconds floor boards that are marked so with a Z or double line using a yellow crayon. It is extremely hard to get rid of, the best method I've used was an ink erazer, followed by metho and sanding. Even when I think I have got rid of it, my finish often shows the marks back up.
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30th September 2007, 03:39 PM #11Hammer Head
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if this is flooring then when you sand the floor from 60 grit all the way upto 180 grit screen back then about 1.5mm + is taken off so those marks will be long gone, before you apply finsh.
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30th September 2007, 04:31 PM #12
I guess the hard way is sometimes the only way.
Reality is no background music.
Cheers John
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30th September 2007, 04:39 PM #13
While we are on the subject, how do you get rid of those stupid barcodes that Bunnings stamp on their timber. This can be a real pain because sometimes the stamp is halfway up the piece of timber you want to use and it takes ages to sand it out. Anyone got an easy way to do this?
Reality is no background music.
Cheers John
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