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Stripping a painted pine table took me three full days
I thought a chemical stripper would work fast, but the old paint had soaked deep into the soft wood grain. I ended up using a heat gun and a ton of careful scraping, which took way longer than I planned. Has anyone found a better method for this kind of job?
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hannaho527mo ago
Ever feel like you're not just stripping paint but performing an archeological dig? Sounds like that pine drank that paint like a sponge. Three days with a heat gun is brutal. I tried the chemical stuff on an old door once, same deal. It just turned into a sticky mess that took even longer to clean up. Maybe the real method is just accepting it's a weekend killer.
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the_ruby7mo ago
Oh man, you hit the nail on the head with the archeology thing. It's like each layer is a different decade of bad choices. That sticky chemical mess is the worst, you just trade one problem for a bigger one. I swear some of that old paint bonds with the wood on a molecular level. At a certain point you're just making peace with the fact it owns you for the next 72 hours. What's the oldest layer of paint you've found?
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hannah_williams6mo ago
Yeah that "molecular level" bond is no joke... I read somewhere that some old paints actually soak into the wood grain like a stain.
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