Blond

Robert Allison wrote:
> On 10/20/2012 9:43 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
>> We have an old end table that needs refinishing. It is stained and
>> in places the wood has darkened considerably.
>>
>> My question is what can I use to bleach the wood that while not
>> returning it to the blond color of some of the 1950's pieces at least
>> will bring it back to the natural wood color.
>>
>> Once we get the color problem taken care of we will finish it in the
>> normal way.
>
> Sherwin Williams has a new blonde paint. It isn't too bright, but it
> spreads easy.

Yes - I have heard that it goes down nice...

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-Mike-
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Larry Jaques wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 22:43:30 -0400, Keith Nuttle
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> We have an old end table that needs refinishing. It is stained and
>> in places the wood has darkened considerably.
>>
>> My question is what can I use to bleach the wood that while not
>> returning it to the blond color of some of the 1950's pieces at least
>> will bring it back to the natural wood color.
>>
>> Once we get the color problem taken care of we will finish it in the
>> normal way.
>
> If it's not veneered, try lacquer thinner. I took all the finish off
> Mom's old dining set with that in a solvent-proof squirt bottle. The
> squirt bottle allows you to physically flush the pigment out of each
> pore. Caution: This takes freakin' forever, so wear really good
> gloves and breathing apparatus with good ventilation.
>
> Remove the finish any way you can: stripper, thinner, sanding. Try
> mineral spirits if you want, for a milder test solvent, but lacquer
> thinner works really well.
>
> Use long-cuffed thick nitrile or rubber gloves. Thin nitrile and latex
> dissolve way too quickly with lacquer thinner.

As well, it might be worth trying alcohol and a 3M pad or 0000 steel wool
first. It's far less powerful than lacquer thinner, but you may find it
softens and repreads your finish just fine - depends on the finish. If it
does not work, then you could always move on to lacquer thinner.

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-Mike-
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On 10/20/2012 9:43 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
> We have an old end table that needs refinishing. It is stained and in
> places the wood has darkened considerably.
>
> My question is what can I use to bleach the wood that while not
> returning it to the blond color of some of the 1950's pieces at least
> will bring it back to the natural wood color.
>
> Once we get the color problem taken care of we will finish it in the
> normal way.

Sherwin Williams has a new blonde paint. It isn't too bright, but it
spreads easy.


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Robert Allison
New Braunfels, TX

On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 22:43:30 -0400, Keith Nuttle
<[email protected]> wrote:

>We have an old end table that needs refinishing. It is stained and in
>places the wood has darkened considerably.
>
>My question is what can I use to bleach the wood that while not
>returning it to the blond color of some of the 1950's pieces at least
>will bring it back to the natural wood color.
>
>Once we get the color problem taken care of we will finish it in the
>normal way.

If it's not veneered, try lacquer thinner. I took all the finish off
Mom's old dining set with that in a solvent-proof squirt bottle. The
squirt bottle allows you to physically flush the pigment out of each
pore. Caution: This takes freakin' forever, so wear really good
gloves and breathing apparatus with good ventilation.

Remove the finish any way you can: stripper, thinner, sanding. Try
mineral spirits if you want, for a milder test solvent, but lacquer
thinner works really well.

Use long-cuffed thick nitrile or rubber gloves. Thin nitrile and latex
dissolve way too quickly with lacquer thinner.

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