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Re: Strip: Safe Stripper For Varnish

By:Brian Nystrom
Date: 4/14/2017, 12:28 pm

In Response To: Re: Strip: Safe Stripper For Varnish (Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K)

When I used to refinish furniture I'd start with alcohol and steel wool. Try that.

Alcohol won't dissolve varnish. Perhaps the furniture you were working on was finished with shellac, which dissolves readily in alcohol.

Re: Strip: Safe Stripper For Varnish
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 4/11/2017, 1:15 pm

Re: Strip: Safe Stripper For Varnish
Brian Nystrom -- 4/14/2017, 12:28 pm

Re: Strip: Safe Stripper For Varnish
JohnAbercrombie -- 4/11/2017, 1:52 pm

Re: Strip: Safe Stripper For Varnish
Richard Mertins -- 4/12/2017, 10:58 am

Re: Strip: Safe Stripper For Varnish
John Messinger -- 4/13/2017, 8:28 am

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