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ANTIQUE FURNITURE RESTORATION DISCUSSION BOARD
Posted By: Greg Scholl <beatkat@adelphia.net> (67-22-200-210.albyny.adelphia.net)
In Response To: Re: Follow up to Help! I ruined my antique table (James Schooley)
Date: 8/22/5 23:06
I have to confess I am totally unfamiliar with the Howard's product, but after reading James' postings , I concur that the Howards must have done the bulk of the damage, and I should have paid more attention. It must smell quite strong, however..the kind of strong smell that would alert you to the fact that it could ruin a finish ..it's always very challenging to try to help people "blind" as it were...at this point you might be farther ahead to try the Howards with a pad made of several layers of cloth folded into a square about 4"x4". Saturate it with the Howards and then squeeze it all out and then gather up the corners into your hand so you have a nice thick pad that you can hold onto, with a single flat layer of cloth facing the table top, pour some of the liquid into a flat container like a microwave food tray, and dip the pad into it so its quite damp and wipe with long, single strokes, the length of the table with moderate pressure. Start from one side and drag the wet pad down the whole lentgh of the top,going right off the table at the end of the stroke, and immediately do it again coming back the opposite way, moving slightly to overlap each stroke...working across the whole surface to the other side and recharging the pad when it starts to drag. Unfortunately, this being a dining room table and your first attempt at this...it will feel like the size of a football field of surface as you work on it...but I think that you'll be able to straighten out any swirls left over and reamalgamate any finish left, and flow it back with the grain and end up with a more even surface. At this point the Mineral spirits and steel wool are probably abrading the finish more each time you do it, but it's not actually moving the finish any because it's not "hot" enough to liquify it...meaning that Mineral spirits won't dissolve the finish the way the solvents in the Howards will..(Alcohol and Lacquer thinner). Oviously you should work in a well ventilated area when doing ANY of these procedures (outside would be even better.) and wear gloves and a respirator if you can...you don't want to set up fans and the like or move the air too much because it will cause the Howards to flash off really fast and not allow you to treat the whole surface at one time.
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