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Old January 19, 2012, 04:41 PM   #11
Radiator
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Stripping stain... Go to your local hardware guy and ask him for something to remove stain. The problem: stain is exactly that, a stain. You aren't going to remove the "stain" which is the coloration of the wood introduced by the stain. What you are going to remove is the _finish_ of the wood with a stripper. Many finishes include a protectant (i.e. polyurethane) and a stain all in-one which you can remove most of the stain.

So once you strip the finish, sand it smooth, fix the scrape (the steam & sand method mentioned earlier, or with some wood putty), re-finish. This whole process will take you all day, partly because you need to wait for the wood to dry before finishing, then wait for the finish to dry before applying another coat.

It is time consuming, but worth the effort to know that you have a shiny new stock.
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