Thread: Restoration

Nothing is ever unrecoverable, you just have to change your mind-set about what you want to achieve.

See some of Ozwinner's rough rough furniture posts!

As far as strippers go, like all things it's a lot cheaper to buy stripper by the bucket, go to a good trade paint shop and make some enquiries!

You can fix the alarm problem by simply covering your smoke alarm with cling wrap (only while you're working PLEASE!) so that it can't pick up any smoke when you don't want to. If you scrounge around a new building project you may be able to score an original protective cover - often like a shower cap, that is used to stop new alarms firing while building work is happening. (Stupid things can't tell gyprock dust from smoke!)

I had a similar problem last year (right down to the fire alarm!), got the white acrylic off ok, the mission brown was a bit harder, then the stain softened eventually, but had to be done in small pieces.

A water blaster is a really easy way of getting the stripper goo off too by the way!

Anyway, when I got to about the point you are at, I solved the problem by giving the whole table to my daughter, for her hubby to "finish the restoration"

Cheers,

P

I use paint stripper ( $ 20. a 4 lt can from a wholesaler ) together with a scraper blade. Sometimes it may need two or three applications before all comes of. Don't forget to properly neutralise the effect of the paint stripperon the furniture.

Then it is a matter of cleaning it up with a hand scraper and hand sanding.

Good luck.



Peter.

Originally Posted by bitingmidge

Nothing is ever unrecoverable, you just have to change your mind-set about what you want to achieve.

See some of Ozwinner's rough rough furniture posts!


P

Works of art darling, works of art.

Al

recoverable: something you know you will love for a long time after working your proverbial off to achieve the result (this is hte extreme outer edge of it of course....)

Unrecoverable: GET THAT THING OUT OF MY HOUSE! Even after working your proverbial off to get the result. It really helps if you can discover the likely response from SWMBO.

mind you, I got a world of grief because I intended to "reinstate" a fireplace in our guest bedroom - SWMBO ranted about all the crap that would be laying around for ages and that the job, once done would just clutter up the room.

My response was to complete the job in an afternoon while she was out ..... when she got home she exclaimed that it was lovely ......

It wasn't til a few days later that I realised I had been had. Crafty thing finessed me into actually finishing one of my own jobs.

ps. further thing on unrecoverable for me: Anything that has been Estapol'd - TOO BLOODY HARD! That stuff will survive nuclear winter! Even Modostrip wont budge it.

Different strippers can work on different finishes, particularly paint. I use both Metholyne Chloride (spelling?), water based and citric based strippers. I find those that M.C. based don't work against, usually can be stripped with one of the others. Big thing to watch though is the water based ones can soak in and loosen veneer, so be watchful.

Originally Posted by hcbph

Different strippers can work on different finishes,

Ive had different strippers work on me, and the finish is always the same. :confused:

Al

Another tack is to take the whole thing to a sandblasting outfit and have them do it over for you. Leaves the corners square (if done properly) and removes all that stuff that you have trouble with.