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   Piffin | Dec 31, 2004 05:20pm | #1

   It's called sandpaper.

    

    

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   allenschell2 | Dec 31, 2004 05:23pm | #2

   I hate it when that happens!Do they have any that smells like oranges?

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   DThompson | Dec 31, 2004 05:36pm | #3

   I have a brand that rhymes with oranges, no I don't, nothing rhymes with oranges.

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   goldhiller | Dec 31, 2004 06:20pm | #4

   Name of the product you tried?

   If you haven't, try CitriStrip made by W.M.Barr & Co., Memphis TN.

   Try Walmart.

   Odds are a quality solvent based methylene chloride semi-paste stripper will work fine, if you don't have reservations about using it.

   Last thing I'd care to do is sand it all off.

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   Scooter1 | Dec 31, 2004 08:51pm | #5

   Methelene Chloride will strip skin off your hand--a single coat will remove that stuff down to bare wood in about 30 minutes.Regards,
   Boris"Sir, I may be drunk, but you're crazy, and I'll be sober tomorrow" -- WC Fields, "Its a Gift" 1934

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   Piffin | Dec 31, 2004 09:30pm | #6

   Sounds like that would strip a Playboy Bunny faster than your eyes could 

    

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   goldhiller | Jan 01, 2005 04:07am | #8

   " a single coat will remove that stuff down to bare wood in about
   30 minutes."Yup. And that's why it's about all I ever use. Strippers containing MC, I mean. Time is money in the shop and I don't usually have the time nor the patience to f*rt around with slower strippers.Knowledge is power, but only if applied in a timely fashion.

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   poorsh | Jan 01, 2005 01:41am | #7

   Hi

   When using strippers, make sure it is designed for wood. A methylene chloride stripper should work. You don't say where you are stripping the table, If in the garage and temp is low then the time will be much longer. One trick we used was to coat the stripper on fairly thick, don't be stingy, and cover it with saran wrap to keep the solvents from flashing off. Give it time to work. They work by attacking the bond between the paint and substrate. Wood being rough it takes a little more time. Also the newer environmentally friendly (D-Lemonene) citrus based stripper trade off speed for safety.

   Cheers

   Mac