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Posted by Mark French on March 6, 2007, 9:22 pm
Use a good quality stripper (Zip Strip) brush it on thick, but do not
over brush too much. Let it sit for 10 minutes or so and keep any
drying areas wet with more stripper. Scrap off the finish and
stripper with a putty knife and buff right away with the grain with #2
or 3 steel wool until you start getting dust. If any finish is left
repeat the steps again. Use a rag and apply some laquer thinner on
the wood and buff again with the steel wool until you get dust again.
Sand the wood until the color is consistant. Use 120 grit and finish
with 220 grit. Apply stain as desired, let dry and spray with a can
of laquer thinner. It will take several coats to get a great finish,
sand lightly between coats with 220 or finer. After finish coat buff
with 000 steel wool and add a coat of wax (not Pledge type stuff, but
real furniture wax or carnuba). Good luck, as this is a more time
consuming way, but the results will last for many years and it is done
right.
wrote:
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>>OK, I have a shelf that my dad made a long time ago and I've decided I
>
>Is this just a simple shelf, or something more complicated?
>
>If the first, I wonder if it is worth the effort this would take.
>If the second, it is worth it more, but will also take even more
>effort.
>
>Maybe painting it would be compromise idea. Perhaps some shade of
>brown.
>
>I have a stepstool my grampa made. It was wider than the legs and if
>you stood outside the legs, it would tip over. I used it like that
>for years, but eventually decided to fix it and kept cutting parts off
>the ends. It still isn't perfect but would look funny if I cut off
>any more. So I've gone back to trying to make sure I stand in the
>middle. Fortunately it was already painted glossy white, so I don't
>have the issue you have.
>
>>want to change the stain color. I first tried a stain called
>>PolyShades directly over the old stain and that didn't look good at
>>all. So, I scraped all of the old stain off and started over. We'll,
>>I didn't do a very good job of sanding after I scraped and so when I
>>added my new stain, it didn't look good at all.
>>
>>My question is, can I just sand over the stain I just applied without
>>having to strip or scrape the stain off? Or do I have to strip it
>>first and then sand again?
>>
>>Thanks!
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