EltonFrog
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An enjoyable film.
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summerdays
Cycling in the sun
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- Bristol
I must admit to enjoying his humour, I was introduced as a teen via my cousin's tape recordings of some of his shows.
deptfordmarmoset
Full time tea drinker
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I play spot the cormorant quite often. You have to guess where it will surface, and that's an art I have yet to master. The tide and the direction of the dive do not give you any indication.
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I hope that the rest of your weekend is going better. Do something nice for yourself. 
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Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
If it's really heavily painted i use Nitromors. It's not as heavy duty as it used to be, it's been Europed.I discovered, by accident, a "shabby chic" shop near here. It is not in town and has its own car park. This may need further investigations.
What do you use for stripping eleventy layers of varnish or paint (or both) from your restoration projects?
I rarely paint my furniture as i like to try to enhance the wood but if it's really horrid underneath then i may wood stain it or as a last resort paint it. I am not a fan of Shabby Chic especially when a lovely piece of furniture has been shabbied just to sell.
This is the sewing box part way through being dismantled. There was a lot of water staining on the top of the box so i treated it with wire wool and olive oil which worked quite well apart from one small mark. It's going to stand in my sitting room .
This is it stained before i put it back together later.
raleighnut
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Nitromors, butI discovered, by accident, a "shabby chic" shop near here. It is not in town and has its own car park. This may need further investigations.
What do you use for stripping eleventy layers of varnish or paint (or both) from your restoration projects?
There are 2 types of Nitromors, one is neutralised by water, the other by Methylated Spirits (and I think is sold as 'Varnish' remover)
The Spirit version is better for furniture............................DO NOT send for dip 'n' strip,it'll wreck it.
Also be aware that a lot of varnish is far too thick and 'gloopy' to get a good finish with it and benefits from being thinned down with white spirit/turps (this is assuming that it is a 'traditional' varnish and not the water-based rubbish) if I use it I thin it by at least a third (if not half) and use multiple coats and 'de-nib' the surface before applying the next one. Having said that I much prefer Shellac (French polish) as a finish but then I was taught 'traditional' Cabinet Making.
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
My Dad is a carpenter/ cabinet maker or was before he retired. He taught me to love wood and respect it, working with it. I get him to thin my varnish as he always gets it perfect. I did get him to polish a piece of furniture for me some years back. It was a Victorian washstand. I sold my then house and the people that bought it loved the washstand so much they offered me silly money for it and i took it. Even though i have no place for it now i wish i hadn't sold it as that was probably the one and only time i would have a piece of his polished work.
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summerdays
Cycling in the sun
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I am currently nitromoring.... And already bored, I hate the prep process of doing anything, and the clearing up afterwards, I mainly prefer the bit in the middle and then admiring it afterwards!
steveindenmark
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Well he convinced me. It was me. Where do I sign up.
Gravity Aided
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My uncle was a cabinet maker, and made a wooden body to fit on a Model T Ford chassis, custom. It held all his planes and hand routers and other tools. He mostly did Craftsman Style and Eastlake restorations. He passed in 1964, and I often wonder what happened to all his tools. I still have his spirit level. I can't say as I have much experience with wood fabrication, as wood hates me. I have restored a few pieces, and it is a trying job. Bicycles are not, for the most part, made of wood. That, in my estimation, makes them a very good and noble object.
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
What are you stripping ?
Gravity Aided
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I would guess St. Landry Parish, Loooosiana.
BTW, the very last thing you ever want to see in this world is the interior of an American jail.(hoosegow). Worst of all are the Southern variants.
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
The deep south is on my list of places to visit. Cannot wait to hear them talk like that.
Shallow i know and it's not the only reason for wanting to go there i promise.
Gravity Aided
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I once spent a week removing paint from a birds-eye maple table, because factories painted birds-eye maple pieces when they were produced.(1870's? in this case), and I used a paste stripper for antiques and had to use a dental pick to remove paint from all the details. It looked great, and still sits in our old parish church, last time I looked.
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