Free Tip #9
Posted by Jennifer on Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Stripping Furniture- Good Tip
When stripping a piece of furniture, often one encounters difficult to scrape spots. These areas are often carved or are part of the piece that are hard to reach such a a chair spindle.
After applying stripper to the location you wish to strip wait a good ten to fifteen minutes and then throw some old saw dust on there. Get yourself a good wire bristle brush that can really take a beating over time and brush of the stripper. The saw dust binds with the stripper and makes for much less of a mess while also getting the job done. If you have a orbital sander, using the dust from its collection reservoir is perfect.
After using this method for all your hard to strip areas, the sanding process will be a breeze. As mentioned before, the better you strip the piece the easier the rest of the process.
When stripping a piece of furniture, often one encounters difficult to scrape spots. These areas are often carved or are part of the piece that are hard to reach such a a chair spindle.
After applying stripper to the location you wish to strip wait a good ten to fifteen minutes and then throw some old saw dust on there. Get yourself a good wire bristle brush that can really take a beating over time and brush of the stripper. The saw dust binds with the stripper and makes for much less of a mess while also getting the job done. If you have a orbital sander, using the dust from its collection reservoir is perfect.
After using this method for all your hard to strip areas, the sanding process will be a breeze. As mentioned before, the better you strip the piece the easier the rest of the process.