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   Guest_ | Mar 04, 2000 10:21pm | #1

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   Why do this??

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   Guest_ | Mar 05, 2000 04:22am | #2

   *I am sure the lumberyard knows how to do this. They remove the #2 stamp and replace it with #1 and then send the wood to me.KK

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   Guest_ | Mar 05, 2000 04:30am | #3

   *I think we shop at the same yard

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   Guest_ | Mar 05, 2000 04:40am | #4

   *Frank,We recently built a screened in porch out of clear all heart redwood for one of our customers. Surface sanding was the only way to get the lumber mark ink off the face of the lumber. Unfortunatly, the guys had to sand the whole board, and all the boards for that matter, to match the sanded sections. We were told that the customer wanted a clear finish. Turns out that they changed thier minds at the last minute and had the whole porch painted brown. Go figure.Ed. Williams

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   Guest_ | Mar 05, 2000 09:30pm | #5

   *You mean you guys don't cut off the stamped parts?

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   Guest_ | Mar 06, 2000 01:15am | #6

   *I once worked for a truss company (Many, many years ago) that would change the grade stamps of lumber when they were short on high-grade lumber. They had some stolen stamps, I believe - don't know how they got them. But they got caught once doing it, and were taken to court for a large settlement. Don't think they ever did it again.

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   Guest_ | Mar 06, 2000 03:24am | #7

   *come on guys there must be an easy way, some trick. While I agree with kkerney, ther are times with decks etc that the stamped side is the one sticking up or making your own trim boards and it would be nice to find an easy solution to remove it

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   Guest_ | Mar 06, 2000 04:50am | #8

   *Yeah...Paint over it... Seriously....You can order clear lumber without grade marks or have it surface planed at the yard to get a better product.

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   Guest_ | Mar 06, 2000 05:43am | #9

   *plane it!

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   SCOTT_E._CHADBOURNE | Mar 08, 2000 04:13am | #10

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   I fought with some grade stamp markings several years ago on some yellow pine carsiding. I tried paint thinner, paint remover and sanding, all to no avail. The paint thinner seemed to make the stamp ink soak in deeper. On a whim we tried some plain tap water and the markings came right{write} off. You might also want to experiment with some bleach if the tap water doesnt work.

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   Mitch_ | Mar 09, 2000 05:42am | #11

   *Plane wolmanized pine?

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   Frank_Van_Tyne | Mar 09, 2000 05:42am | #12

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   Is there an easy way to remove grade stamps from lumber? It seems like I heard of some crazy trick (running an iron over them or vinegar or something along those lines) a while back and I would appreciate an info.

   Thanks
   Frank