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| Matt 4/17/2006 1:30:36 PM |
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Removing StainMessage: I have a really old set of Oak stairs in my 1915 year old house. When I moved in the paint was stripped off and the stairs were stained very dark. I have sanded the treads and risers and for the most part they are back to the natural light color. However in some spots they are still dark. The stain may have gone deaper into the wood then I can sand. How would I remove these? Thanks! |
| Neil 4/17/2006 10:18:32 PM |
RE: Removing Stain Message: Hello Matt Use Chlorine Bleach which is often sold as Sodium Hypochlorite(often used in Deck cleaning products). It's also sold as household bleach, and in crystal form as swimming pool bleach. If you use household bleach be sure to use a fresh bottle. Apply chlorine bleach by wetting the surface and letting it dry. Then wash with water to remove any residue from the bleach. There is no need to neutralize because the bleach itself is neither an acid nor an alkali. Good Luck Neil |
| Verna 8/23/2006 5:25:51 PM |
RE: Removing Stain Message: I am also sanding my firwood floor and unfortunately in places I used a paint remover on a problem areas that had lots of glue from the old carpet above it. Now I find that I cannot sand the discolor from the paint remover off. Should I use the hottub bleach sccubbibg crystals as you mentioned above to equal out the floor color as mentioned above? Or should I just use a gallon of the paint remover and cover the whole floor to make the coloring all the same. Hope something natural will work. I have just purchased the circa 1850 bowling ally poliurathane and can hardly wait to get to the final steps.. Also, I have areas where the black tar from the old flooring base is not coming up without deep sanding.. Any tricks there? Thank you! Verna |
| Neil 8/23/2006 10:38:02 PM |
RE: Removing Stain Message: Paint Remover does not discolour the wood? Try Circa 1850 Soft strip. |
| Neil 8/24/2006 8:32:00 AM |
RE: Removing Stain Message: Perhaps the Stripper and the rubbing action removed some of the stain that was on your wood. If so you would have sand and restain. |
| Verna 8/24/2006 12:51:02 PM |
RE: Removing Stain Message: Thnak you if I were to apply another coat of the stripper would it remove the stain? I have sanded quite deeply in the area and think I should use another method if possible to make the whole floor the same color as the rest of the bare wood before staining. I also have several areas of tar from old lenolium(sp)tar backing that has not sanded up. Any help with this would be appreciated also. Thanks again Verna |
| Neil 8/24/2006 6:17:43 PM |
RE: Removing Stain Message: No. A good Paint stripper will not remove the dye in the stain. The stripper will disolve the resin that bindes the pigment to the wood and thus permits you to rub some of it off. You can try sanding much of the colour off. If you need to remove all the colour you will have to use Chlorine Bleach which is often sold as Sodium Hypochlorite. House hold bleach will do. Hopefully, you do not have to go this extreme. |
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