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-----Black lacquer removal from black lacquer table
I have a gorgeous black lacquer table and chairs, but I hate the black.... I want to take it down to the natural wood. I have started on one of the chairs and the wood is beautiful. But the only way I have found to remove the lacquer is to sand it away. The chairs have slats that I am finding I cannot get the corners sanded. And the time it is taking to do just one chair, I will never got this done. I have tried to use paint remover and that doesn't even touch the finish, I have tried paint thinner and that isn't doing anything as well. Any suggestions? I love this table and want it in my kitchen but at this point I have it in the basement collecting dust. Please help!
Thanks so much!
- Mt Zion, Illinois, USA
2002
I have a bedroom set that have a off-white lacquer finish to it. I got tired of the set and would like to remove the lacquer to reveal the wood. Can I get a suggestion of what to do and how to do it. I haven't tried anything yet because I'm afraid to do it.
Thanks!
HOMEMAKER - Braintree, Massachusetts
2005
I too, am having trouble with removing black lacquer, from a 200 year old carved Asian table. I removed some of the lacquer (by scraping, one fleck at a time, with an Exacto knife
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Mind you, I have restored antique wood furniture for 45 years, and done some exacting, professional work on heavily carved Victorian pieces.
I have tried two brands of paint remover (both excellent on standard paint and varnish), acetone, lacquer thinner, paint remover, mineral spirits, naptha, denatured alcohol AND a heat gun that removed 32 years of paint from my kitchen cabinets, but couldn't touch this stuff.
NOTHING WORKED!
I am still scraping one fleck at a time, with an Exacto knife.
Anyone got any ideas?
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July 7, 2008
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