Wood Preservative for indoors

so, oxalic acid is still made and commonly referred to as wood bleach and it does blonde wood. i am wondering if you are thinking of TSP. i think the modern tsp is some substitute.

you will have to put something on them to keep them from splintering.

bob, we used to put wax on floors all the time. i am hoping to do my stairs with some and if it is slippery, i will advise.

andriywww1990

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RobertGMarvin

in General Discussion 4 years and 5 months ago

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Regarding stripping paint, what about using a heat gun?

andriywww1990 | 4 years and 5 months ago

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bob, it would be easier to wax it. you can really put wax over anything unless if is really well scratched or worn trough. use a hard wax. hard wax will not be harder than the marine and you are correct, do not put a hard finish over soft, it will come off.

i have an old collectible can of butchers paste wax here that i was saving for someone. it might have a little wax left in it :-).

RobertGMarvin

in General Discussion 4 years and 5 months ago

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Thanks Steve. I have a couple of cans of paste wax. Does that really give any substantial additional protection? Also, would it make the stairs slippery?

hkapstein | 4 years and 5 months ago

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Steve, I think you’ll agree, don’t advise someone to use methylene chloride indoors when doing their first stripping project. It ain’t worth it for this project, and it could really mess you up. Just use a heat gun if you want to remove that paint, but I’m telling you , if you’re gonna carpet over it, just do it and worry about it at the next reno.

hkapstein | 4 years and 5 months ago

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@bob if you know what went on it, and you’re happy with that finish, I’d say recoat with the same. I agree a poly over spar could be a problem. You won’t know unless you try, but why try?

locksmithempire

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Carpet works wonders on stairs like this. Beautiful hardwood stairs will be ruined by the addition of carpeting because the tack strips need to be nailed down, creating holes in the wood.
http://www.carpetcleaningforce.co.nz/

markwalker | 4 years and 5 months ago

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After reading thiese comments, I think i do not want to strip the wood , but clean it up so it will not splinter. I have an old small hand sander . There are some cracks in a few of the risers, on the wall side, so I would not use a drill sander attachment or anything.

As to the methylene chloride … I have stripped lots of furniture, with it. We used to apply that thick Rock Miracle with a brush, scrape off the goo then go over the wood with Zip Strip, a liquid type remover. I always wore a vapor mask and gloves. That Zip Strip was nasty!
But Zip Strip was pretty good at taking off the wood stain under the varnish.
I prefer the reformulated Rock to that orange stuff recently introduced, but since Zip Strip is no longer made I’ve had a harder time getting that annoying 1900 reddish “cherry” color off anything. That harsh color which was used to make assorted kinds of wood more harmonious in color when building cheaper homes. My experiments with denatured alcohol and minerals spirits was disappointing. In the past I have used oxalic acid(illegal since t he 80s) and “oxalic acid substitute “ Thise products make wood “blonde” rather than its natural raw color., and require lots of water to rinse them down.