There is a scorch type stain on the top of an EC that I made some years
ago. It's not really deep, but the top is made of birch ply, so I don't
have much wood to work with or I would just scrape it out.
Is there a way to bleach out this bugger? The finish is a witch's brew
of spirit varnish, tung and turp. Sorry, PO, no shellac on this one.
TIA
Bruce
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 22:52:14 GMT, haugen <[email protected]> wrote:
>There is a scorch type stain on the top of an EC that I made some years
>ago. It's not really deep, but the top is made of birch ply, so I don't
>have much wood to work with or I would just scrape it out.
>
>Is there a way to bleach out this bugger? The finish is a witch's brew
>of spirit varnish, tung and turp. Sorry, PO, no shellac on this one.
>
>TIA
>
>Bruce
>
So way to bleach out a burn. I recall making cherry sawtooth supports
for a bookshelf. The bandsaw burned the cherry really bad and I
recall hours of tedious hand-sanding to get most of it out. Another
idea it to use a finish to cover up the burn or install a decorative
inlay.
haugen wrote:
> There is a scorch type stain on the top of an EC that I made some years
> ago. It's not really deep, but the top is made of birch ply, so I don't
> have much wood to work with or I would just scrape it out.
>
> Is there a way to bleach out this bugger? The finish is a witch's brew
> of spirit varnish, tung and turp. Sorry, PO, no shellac on this one.
>
> TIA
>
> Bruce
>
>
>
>
You might try buffing it out with a mild abrasive like Orange Tripoli.
I occasionally rehab smoking pipes and the rims are often charred.
An appropriate amount of Tripoli buff lifts a lot of that out...
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