Description of an effective method for stripping wood, necessary material and procedure for an excellent result with precautions to be taken.
How do you unpaint a piece of furniture
To restore a piece of furniture, it is not always necessary to contact a restorer, in fact, a little patience combined with a natural predisposition to this type of manual work is often enough.
First of all we have to remove the paint from the wood, let's see how.
Necessary material
- 1 protection mask
- 1 container with a brush
- 1 gel paint remover
- 1 medium size flat brush
- 1 pair of very resistant rubber gloves
- 1 large metallic scouring pad
- 1 roll of paper tape
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Method for stripping wood
After wearing a mask and gloves, place the furniture in a room with windows and remove the accessories, such as knobs and handles, disassemble everything that can be removed, if there are drawers and doors or other.
The paint stripping procedure begins by pouring the paint stripper gel into the container, which will be evenly distributed on the cabinet with the brush.
After this operation, wait about 20 minutes to allow the product to exert its paint removal action.
With the metal wool, remove everything, applying the right pressure and following the direction of the grain of the wood, in order not to scratch the piece of furniture transversally to them.
Repeat the operation several times if the first is not enough, until all the paint has been completely removed.
