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Posted by JR on September 20, 2007, 4:00 pm
> What is not coming off? Your clear coat or the original stain?
> If the fiberglass was stained, I doubt it will ever come all the
> way clean. If any of the above were latex, it may be at the root
> of your problem.
>
> I have had several pieces that were painted with a high quality
> latex enamel. No strippers that I tried would touch them. On
> both pieces I cleaned them up with lacquer thinner. The lacquer
> thinner would soften the stuff enough to remove it with a 3M scrub
> pad or a scraper, but it never came off in sheets nor did it
> wrinkle up and let go like oil based finishes. The minute the
> lacquer thinner was evaporated the stuff was stuck all over again.
> Absolutely miserable.
>
> I should have just offered to buy her a new crib and chair. I
> would have been way ahead time wise and chemical wise. I guess it
> was a labor of love.
>
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> DanG (remove the sevens)
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> >I have a fiberglass door from Therma Tru and it was stained by
> >someone
> > for me about 10 years ago. Since then we have been clear
> > coating it
> > every few years. Lately it has started to peal (clear coat) and
> > look
> > yellowed. I wanted to strip off all the stain and restain the
> > door.
> > Therma Tru says products that are not meant for fiberglass doors
> > are
> > fine with theirs. They mentioned:
>
> > - Bix Quick Stripper
> > - Bix Tuff Job
> > - Savogran SuperStrip
> > - Kutzit
> > - Dad's Easy Stripper
> > - 3-M Safest Strip
>
> > I have tried Bx Tuff Job and Savogran SuperStrip. Neither of
> > them
> > work. I leave them on for 3 minutes, or 1 hour nothing comes
> > off. I
> > have been scrubbing it with a brass brush and bits come off,
> > however I
> > know with these removers it's supposed to easily come off. Not
> > knowing what the original stain was based on, any suggestions?
>
> > Thanks.
>
> > JR- Hide quoted text -
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Well, I finally had success. Technique and following the directions
was the problem. Directions talk about waiting 15 minutes or longer.
I found that if you want more than a couple minutes, it cures again
and you can't get much off. A combination of a brass brush, the
stripping compound, and a bit of elbow grease did the trick. You
just, as I mentioned, need to allow it to sit for a minute or two at
most. The clear coat would crystalize and that you have to keep
scraping off. Once you get past that, you just need to scrub with the
brush before the stripper compound dries. Still takes about four
times over the surface to clean it, but I now have the door looking
close to what it did before it was ever stained. Now for the fun of
re-staining it this weekend.
JR
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