question about stripping

[frogprincess]

i bought this old piece of wooden furniture and i wanna take the old paint off and put some new paint on. how the heck do i do it?

[FeelGood]

damn you!

i thought this was going to be one of those 'dirty' threads, you got my hopes up.

shame on you!

:p

[crookedking]

i hope that i wasn't the only one that got fooled.

go to home depot and ask them. maybe a fine sandpaper?

[FeelGood]

Originally Posted by crookedking

i hope that i wasn't the only one that got fooled.

lol nope, I was fooled too! :D

[Sniper]

I think all of us got fooled.....damn these words with 2 meanings

[LeeBrat]

i belive you can get paint stripping/thinners and such
you should be albe to find them at most hardwear stores

[dapimpstress]

get some thinner, coat all the painted areas... then sand off whats left. then ur ready to repaint... its pretty easy. u can def do it ! :)

[hardstylin]

you are crafty with words...

[Euro Dollar]

Originally Posted by hardstylin

you are crafty with words...

indeed.... all the males got fooled...

[wum]

don't do that again

[clevich]

wum popped one.

[mapleleaf4ever]

Crap! I was hoping to be able to enlighten you to something with Strippers. :)

[~ katem]

BOTH LAYERS COME OFF ONE AT A TIME

[impure]

Originally Posted by Sniper

I think all of us got fooled.....damn these words with 2 meanings

you mean the double intenuandrea?

[ty_guy]

sand the wood with some 80 grid then work your way up to 100 then go to 220 after that you should have the all the bare wood exposed, then stain/paint away. see i've learned something in wood shop.

[Mr.Wrong]

tease.

[vain_bitch]

ahhh this thread had so much potential

[Chewy]

Originally Posted by frogprincess

i bought this old piece of wooden furniture and i wanna take the old paint off and put some new paint on. how the heck do i do it?

you can do 2 diff things

1)take it to a shop and get it dipped in acid which will strip all paint off.. im not sure about prices

2)start with 40 grit sandpaper taking off all the paint you can

after you have removed most of the paint you will want to increase the grit of the sandpaper to 100 grit or 120... resand the whole chair with that higher grit and then redo it again with 200 or 300 grit sandpaper... now the chair should be smooth as a babys ass...


if you want help i will be more than happy to show you what to do.. i have already stripped and repainted chairs in my house.

[Liqwid]

girls should not tempt renovations....

omg thats sooo sexist....but its her...

~d

[Kelster]

....or, if the paint that's already on there is fairly smooth and even just fuck the stripping and sandpaper and paint over whatevers there, maybe throw a primer on first


yes i'm lazy

[Varney Rae]

Originally Posted by €uro Dollar

indeed.... all the males got fooled...

I suppose my mind is in the gutter..Im a girl and even i got fooled.

[M!SKA]

first make sure you are in a well ventilated area!

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...c=howToLibrary

ps. what are you refinishing?

[nuf_dawg]

Originally Posted by eighty5

damn you!

i thought this was going to be one of those 'dirty' threads, you got my hopes up.

shame on you!

:p

my thgouhts were the same:P heheh jk

[NinjaBoy]

Like everyone said, sanding it with a low grit (I don't know about going as low as 40 though, 80 should be fine) Then moving up, 120, 160, 220. Make sure you use the finner grits as well, don't half ass it at the end if your tired, because if you don't do a good job with the 160, or 220, your going to have a ton of scratch's showing when you stain it.

It takes a lot of work, but it is the best way of doing it.

[b0ld]

also make sure when your sanding that you go with the pattern of the wood. Otherwise if you go the opposite direction then it won't look good at all.