pN

16/09/2003 10:38 PM

INK STAIN ON OAK

I just finished stripping a very old oak, five drawer dresser that has been in
my wife's family for at least 80 years. Stripping was done with Zip Strip and
alcohol wash.

Under a thick coat of paint and old varnish/shellac I found a large ink satin
(it sure looks like very dark ink) that is "in the wood" on the top of the
dresser.

Before I start with the Clorox approach, wanted to get some advise from this
newsgroup.

Any help would be appreciated.


PJ


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Nn

Nova

in reply to [email protected] (None) on 16/09/2003 10:38 PM

17/09/2003 1:01 AM

None wrote:

> I just finished stripping a very old oak, five drawer dresser that has been in
> my wife's family for at least 80 years. Stripping was done with Zip Strip and
> alcohol wash.
>
> Under a thick coat of paint and old varnish/shellac I found a large ink satin
> (it sure looks like very dark ink) that is "in the wood" on the top of the
> dresser.
>
> Before I start with the Clorox approach, wanted to get some advise from this
> newsgroup.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> PJ

One word - veneer.

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA

pN

in reply to Nova on 17/09/2003 1:01 AM

19/09/2003 9:26 PM

I thank both of you for your thoughts.

I used successfully (for the most part) a hot oxalic acid bath that did a very
good job of removing the majority of the stain. The ink was surely a guess so I
may have been wrong on that.

In any event. thank you.

PJ


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