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Thu, 04/28/2011 - 10:51
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raycomms
100 year old doors

My house has beautiful 100 uear old oak doors, unfortunately they have been painted. I stripped the paint but it has left a white "residue" in the wood. Any ideas on how to remove that? Thanks

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Thu, 04/28/2011 - 16:07
(Reply to #1)
sohel
Re: 100 year old doors

100% removal of the paint may not be possible... but you may try by using heat gun... use heat gun to soften the paint and then use scrapper like -- Circa 1850 Heavy Body Paint & Varnish Remover...

sohel

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Fri, 04/29/2011 - 00:07
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JLMCDANIEL
Re: 100 year old doors

It sounds like you may have had hide glue paint on the door. Try scrubbing it with HOT water. It may raise the grain and require sanding.

Jack

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Wed, 05/04/2011 - 10:50
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raycomms
Re: 100 year old doors

Thanks gentleman!!

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