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Originally Posted by
Patrick Chadwick
It does not become shinier!
Unless he oiled it...
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02-04-2015 06:16 PM
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... well I'm assuming that if it was simply oil, he would have wiped it off!
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Thers nothing on the metal, it is just as it is supposed to be.... I assume, after 124 years I am just confused over the reddish color of the wood and of course the sheen.
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OK, got that. It's very difficult to judge a surface from photos.
As to the red colour, this could, for instance, be caused by the use of a finish involving shellac.
Enough of speculative musings - Why not simply try the turpentine test I suggested?
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Try Patrick's method. If the turps cuts the finish, you'll know it's linseed. If it doesn't, you need to get the correct chemical strippers for both lacquer/varnish and polyurethane and test those too. I've got a couple of SMLEs here now in polyurethane and it's a job to get it off but your wood will be much healthier and nice looking when done.
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Originally Posted by
Patrick Chadwick
OK, got that. It's very difficult to judge a surface from photos.
As to the red colour, this could, for instance, be caused by the use of a finish involving shellac.
Enough of speculative musings - Why not simply try the turpentine test I suggested?
I plan on it this weekend.......thanks for your help
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3 possibilities:
On a suitably discreet test area:
1) Rub with turpentine. If that takes off the shine, it is an oil finish.
If not...
2) Rub with alcohol/methylated spirits. If that takes off the shine, it is shellac.
If not...
3) It is some kind of varnish, and the jelly-type paint stripper is the best way to remove it. GOOD NEWS: as shown elsewhere (if you followed my links) after stripping and removing any stripper residue, you can go straight to linseed oil
application.
Please note: old wood needs to be treated with a bit of respect. Follow the order above.
At NO TIME do you need water, caustic soda, oven cleaner or sandpaper!
Last edited by Patrick Chadwick; 02-05-2015 at 04:11 PM.
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Originally Posted by
Patrick Chadwick
3 possibilities:
On a suitably discreet test area:
1) Rub with turpentine. If that takes off the shine, it is an oil finish.
If not...
2) Rub with alcohol/methylated spirits. If that takes off the shine, it is shellac.
If not...
3) It is some kind of varnish, and the jelly-type paint stripper is the best way to remove it. GOOD NEWS: as shown elsewhere (if you followed my links) after stripping and removing any stripper residue, you can go straight to
linseed oil application.
Please note: old wood needs to be treated with a bit of respect. Follow the order above.
At NO TIME do you need water, caustic soda, oven cleaner or sandpaper!
Thanks for the sound advise Patrick, (and everyone else) the shellac and reddish tinted finish came off with alcohol and left me with some beautiful wood underneath with some slight tiger striping all I had to do was apply a few coats of BLO and I was left with a beautiful finish.......I couldn't be more pleased. thanks again!
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"Thanks for the sound advise Patrick, (and everyone else) the shellac and reddish tinted finish came off with alcohol and left me with some beautiful wood underneath with some slight tiger striping all I had to do was apply a few coats of BLO
and I was left with a beautiful finish.......I couldn't be more pleased. thanks again! "
So how about a photo?
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Originally Posted by
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"Thanks for the sound advise Patrick, (and everyone else) the shellac and reddish tinted finish came off with alcohol and left me with some beautiful wood underneath with some slight tiger striping all I had to do was apply a few coats of
BLOhttps://www.milsurps.com/autolinker/images/link6.gif and I was left with a beautiful finish.......I couldn't be more pleased. thanks again! "
So how about a photo?
I was hoping someone would ask.........I'd need to email my pics to someone as I still have no idea how to post them.
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