November 3, 20205 yr Popular Post Clean as well as you can, then spray on a couple of light coats of dewaxed shellac. Top coat that if you wish with finish of choice. You can get "fisheye preventer" but that is the hair of the dog that bit you -- introducing silicone oil to your finish, and your finish gun, brush, finish area, etc. I have it but never used it for that reason. The most common source of silicone oil is that evil (IMO) furniture polish, Pledge. I say that silicone oil is like herpes, once you have it, you can never get rid of it.
November 3, 20205 yr Popular Post I once got a refinishing job from an insurance adjuster that I did a lot of work for. It was a buffet that sat beneath a valley in a roof that developed a sudden leak. I took it to the shop and stripped it. First coat of finish fisheyed like crazy. I called back the homeowner and asked if she used Pledge. Yes, she said that to try to fix it, she'd rub in Pledge every evening while watching TV. Eventually she gave up. Re-stripped, sealed, and finished again. That was the time I learned to recognize Pledge contamination in the stripping step and if any doubt, did a first coat of SealCoat.
November 3, 20205 yr Chlorinated Brake Cleaner will remove silicon, but may affect the finish. DAMHIKT
November 5, 20205 yr Author On 11/3/2020 at 9:44 AM, Larry Buskirk said: Chlorinated Brake Cleaner will remove silicon, but may affect the finish. DAMHIKT Or the wood and I am not sure how to clean off the brake cleaner?
November 5, 20205 yr Author On 11/2/2020 at 8:55 PM, kmealy said: Clean as well as you can, then spray on a couple of light coats of dewaxed shellac. Top coat that if you wish with finish of choice. You can get "fisheye preventer" but that is the hair of the dog that bit you -- introducing silicone oil to your finish, and your finish gun, brush, finish area, etc. I have it but never used it for that reason. The most common source of silicone oil is that evil (IMO) furniture polish, Pledge. I say that silicone oil is like herpes, once you have it, you can never get rid of it. This method I like and may give it a try. Shellac is an awesome product that can do or save almost anything. Too bad it is getting rare due to the Shellac bug dying out.
November 5, 20205 yr 1 minute ago, Michael Thuman said: Or the wood and I am not sure how to clean off the brake cleaner? It evaporates rather fast, and leaves no residue.
November 5, 20205 yr Maybe a good scrubbing with lacquer thinner? Although, Larry's brake cleaner might be the ticket, also.
November 5, 20205 yr Popular Post 9 hours ago, Gene Howe said: Maybe a good scrubbing with lacquer thinner? Although, Larry's brake cleaner might be the ticket, also. I usually rinse off the stripper with acetone (major ingredient in lacquer thinner). It seems to make no difference. I also weigh the cost of failure (repeat stripping, sanding, and staining) against the cost of just spraying on some shellac.
January 17, 20215 yr Author On 11/5/2020 at 3:05 PM, kmealy said: I usually rinse off the stripper with acetone (major ingredient in lacquer thinner). It seems to make no difference. I also weigh the cost of failure (repeat stripping, sanding, and staining) against the cost of just spraying on some shellac. Well in my case I have the top with small but deep depressions. Too much poly. So what I will do is strip it then clean it then seal it with shellac then fill the pores then poly.
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