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April 8, 2009
Details Beneath The Surface
Who knew that if one were to glob on some Peel Away 7 and spend 7 or 8 hours picking and scraping THIS:
That you would find all of this detail:
This is probably the most gratifying and surprising discovery I have made in the house. I honestly had no idea that there was this sort of detail buried under all of the glop (I put the peel away on the plaster just to see if it would work).
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That's a pretty impressive reclamation there!
Posted by: denton at April 8, 2009 12:26 PM
Amazing. I think a congratulations is in order!
Posted by: paizhestar at April 8, 2009 1:28 PM
We had similar experiences with our medallions. It is amazing to discover hidden treasures, good job....what else is there to find?
Posted by: Schultz at April 8, 2009 3:41 PM
So worth the effort. Gorgeous.
Posted by: TownhouseLady at April 8, 2009 3:58 PM
Ahhh schultz-i wonder. I am sure the plaster medallion in the common area has more detail than its showing but we won't get to that for a while. Next up is finishing the newel post 9see prior posts). Its a purple beast but under all of that is mahogony which is longing to be free.
Thanks for the support
Posted by: HomeSweetstuy at April 11, 2009 1:57 PM
Holy Cow.
Posted by: Nomi at May 20, 2009 9:53 PM
Chemical-wise, what did you use to peel away the paint? Or did you just use scrapers and sandpaper?
Posted by: reagan9000 at August 30, 2009 1:18 PM
Dental picks, pull scrapers, a med. firm tooth brush, water, rags. I would not use sandpaper on plaster and you need to be super careful not to gauge it with the scrapers. Good luck!
Posted by: HomeSweetstuy at September 1, 2009 12:17 AM
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