When I purchased my new band saw table last year it arrived with a
beautiful steel table.
Now it has stained due to the processing of green wood for turning.
It is not etched, just stained, mostly by green maple.
I tried mineral spirits and steel wool with limited success.
What about very fine emery cloth and oil?
Anybody have any suggestions?
swalker <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> When I purchased my new band saw table last year it arrived with a
> beautiful steel table.
>
> Now it has stained due to the processing of green wood for turning.
> It is not etched, just stained, mostly by green maple.
>
> I tried mineral spirits and steel wool with limited success.
>
> What about very fine emery cloth and oil?
>
> Anybody have any suggestions?
>
A suggestion is to enjoy your saw and don't worry about it looking like you
use it.
Alternatively, Empire top restore.
On Friday, May 26, 2017 at 7:44:17 PM UTC-7, swalker wrote:
> When I purchased my new band saw table last year it arrived with a
> beautiful steel table.
>
> Now it has stained due to the processing of green wood for turning.
> It is not etched, just stained, mostly by green maple.
Try sudsy ammonia, and follow up with metal polish and/or paste wax.
Oily is good for the metal, but won't touch sap.
On 5/26/2017 9:44 PM, swalker wrote:
>
> When I purchased my new band saw table last year it arrived with a
> beautiful steel table.
>
> Now it has stained due to the processing of green wood for turning.
> It is not etched, just stained, mostly by green maple.
>
> I tried mineral spirits and steel wool with limited success.
>
> What about very fine emery cloth and oil?
>
> Anybody have any suggestions?
>
Do you want it to look pretty or work?
Empire used to make a product that would restore the finish with little
effort.
On Sun, 28 May 2017 19:11:25 -0400, Dan Kozar <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On 2017-05-27 02:44:02 +0000, swalker said:
>
>> When I purchased my new band saw table last year it arrived with a
>> beautiful steel table.
>>
>> Now it has stained due to the processing of green wood for turning.
>> It is not etched, just stained, mostly by green maple.
>>
>> I tried mineral spirits and steel wool with limited success.
>>
>> What about very fine emery cloth and oil?
>>
>> Anybody have any suggestions?
>
>Simple Green, Fantastic, Spray Nine, etc, and a green scrubby (like for
>pots and pans) and elbow grease. Same thing for your lathe bed. Dry off
>and apply wd-40, wax or what used to be called top cote. Don't remember
>new name. And if you think that maple stains try cherry :-) I use wd-40
>on the lathe bed, but top cote on the bandsaw table.
Yeah I learned about cherry the hard way. Haven't used any walnut but
have heard that it is sure to stain. Even hard on bare hands I have
been told.
The worst I have seen is wet birch. It will etch unprotected steel in
less than 24 hours.
I recently found 2 cans of a spray top cote sold by Shop Smith. They
must be 20 years old. Haven't tried them yet.
Thanks for the post.
On 5/26/17 9:44 PM, swalker wrote:
>
> When I purchased my new band saw table last year it arrived with a
> beautiful steel table.
>
> Now it has stained due to the processing of green wood for turning.
> It is not etched, just stained, mostly by green maple.
>
> I tried mineral spirits and steel wool with limited success.
>
> What about very fine emery cloth and oil?
>
> Anybody have any suggestions?
>
If the staining is from sap, use alcohol.
If you don't have any on hand, hand cleaner will work.
See what I did there? :-)
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On 2017-05-27 02:44:02 +0000, swalker said:
> When I purchased my new band saw table last year it arrived with a
> beautiful steel table.
>
> Now it has stained due to the processing of green wood for turning.
> It is not etched, just stained, mostly by green maple.
>
> I tried mineral spirits and steel wool with limited success.
>
> What about very fine emery cloth and oil?
>
> Anybody have any suggestions?
Simple Green, Fantastic, Spray Nine, etc, and a green scrubby (like for
pots and pans) and elbow grease. Same thing for your lathe bed. Dry off
and apply wd-40, wax or what used to be called top cote. Don't remember
new name. And if you think that maple stains try cherry :-) I use wd-40
on the lathe bed, but top cote on the bandsaw table.