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Thread: Removing Paint
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6th September 2010, 10:53 PM #1
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Removing Paint
Evening all!
Quick question - how easy or hard is it to remove paint from wood.
I'm thinking of buying an old box on ebay, but I don't like it's current finish. The paint looks to be old and chipped and (honestly!) very ugly.
I'd prefer to take it back to wood and varnish/polish/oil (something), or if the wood was crappy repaint something a bit nicer.
apologies if the picture is big, I 'borrowed' it from ebay...You can take the girl out of the country.... but you'll still need to give her a shed!
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6th September 2010, 11:03 PM #2
Oven cleaner ,spray on and leave a few minutes then wash of with cloth and water
Regards
David
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6th September 2010, 11:27 PM #3
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ooh. that's a clever idea! I might go ahead and bid on the box knowing it could be that easy!
You can take the girl out of the country.... but you'll still need to give her a shed!
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16th September 2010, 01:06 AM #4
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To remove paint and refinish is quite tough work.
You can remove a resolved paint by using a paint thinner, but if it is not work you need a chemical stripper.
You also need to re sand until you get the bare wood to get best result before you do your refinishing process.
Good luck
wisno
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