Can anyone help with a problem with Peel Away 1?
I inadvertantly used this product to strip stain and varnish from a
window. Not only has it darkened the wood (it looks like it's burnt),
but it had damaged it and the remnants of the product will not come
off! I have tried everything I can -- other strippers, water, wire
wool, brushes, sanding -- and the only thing that works at all is to
scrape it off, but that is very difficult and time consuming and is
damaging the wood even more.
Has anyone else had this problem? Or any ideas on how to remove the
residue from the wood?
For the second, identical window I used Peel Away 6 (which is what I
should have used in the first place). It's worked pretty well but
even when I have managed to get all the Peel Away 1 residue off the
first window (I'm not holding out much hope) I will be left with
windows side-by-side of vastly different color.
Can anyone offer any suggestions as to how I can salvage this
situation? I really don't want to paint the windows.
Peel-Away 1 is a caustic based stripper. While it works quite well when
used according to the directions, most DIYers seem to ignore the need to
neutralize the stripped surface and deal with potential darkening.
The stripped wood surface can be neutralized with most any acid but the
best one to use is probably oxalic acid since it will help to bring the
darkened wood back to its proper color. This is actually suggested by the
owner of one of the big refinishing supply companies. You will probably
have to neutralize it with the oxalic acid solution a few times since the
caustic can penetrate a little ways into the wood. Plain old Clorox may
work to remove the color if the oxalic acid does not. Please keep in mind
that Clorox is pretty good at damaging the wood fibers if used too
aggressively.
If you do not neutralize the wood after using Peel Away, and do not mind
the darkening, you run the risk of getting finish adhesion problems later on
even when using paint.
Good Luck.
"sbeth" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Can anyone help with a problem with Peel Away 1?
>
> I inadvertantly used this product to strip stain and varnish from a
> window. Not only has it darkened the wood (it looks like it's burnt),
> but it had damaged it and the remnants of the product will not come
> off! I have tried everything I can -- other strippers, water, wire
> wool, brushes, sanding -- and the only thing that works at all is to
> scrape it off, but that is very difficult and time consuming and is
> damaging the wood even more.
>
> Has anyone else had this problem? Or any ideas on how to remove the
> residue from the wood?
>
> For the second, identical window I used Peel Away 6 (which is what I
> should have used in the first place). It's worked pretty well but
> even when I have managed to get all the Peel Away 1 residue off the
> first window (I'm not holding out much hope) I will be left with
> windows side-by-side of vastly different color.
>
> Can anyone offer any suggestions as to how I can salvage this
> situation? I really don't want to paint the windows.
Sounds like you're going to have to paint them if you want them to look the
same. That, or use an ebonizing aniline dye and go with a very "dark" look
in that room.
Mike
"sbeth" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Can anyone help with a problem with Peel Away 1?
>
> I inadvertantly used this product to strip stain and varnish from a
> window. Not only has it darkened the wood (it looks like it's burnt),
> but it had damaged it and the remnants of the product will not come
> off! I have tried everything I can -- other strippers, water, wire
> wool, brushes, sanding -- and the only thing that works at all is to
> scrape it off, but that is very difficult and time consuming and is
> damaging the wood even more.
>
> Has anyone else had this problem? Or any ideas on how to remove the
> residue from the wood?
>
> For the second, identical window I used Peel Away 6 (which is what I
> should have used in the first place). It's worked pretty well but
> even when I have managed to get all the Peel Away 1 residue off the
> first window (I'm not holding out much hope) I will be left with
> windows side-by-side of vastly different color.
>
> Can anyone offer any suggestions as to how I can salvage this
> situation? I really don't want to paint the windows.
On 18 Dec 2003 19:02:51 -0800, [email protected] (sbeth) wrote:
>I inadvertantly used this product to strip stain and varnish from a
>window. Not only has it darkened the wood (it looks like it's burnt),
If the underlying timber really is burned, chances are that's just
previous attempts at blowlamp stripping.
>but it had damaged it and the remnants of the product will not come
>off!
Try some more of the same. Works for the dichloromethane strippers.
Don't leave any of these commercial strippers on the surface for too
long. Some will change the colour, other's set rock-hard and are hard
to remove. Don;t try to strip an area bigger than you can work quickly
enough.
--
Smert' spamionam
Peelaway 1 states in the instructions that it will darken wood. It is really
only meant to be used when the woodwork will be painted. You might try
bleaching it, but try it on a scrap first!!! Peelaway 7 is nontoxic and will
not darken wood, it also costs 3-4 times as much. From what I remember, the
residue can be cleaned off with a vinegar solution, again it should say in
the directions.
"sbeth" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Can anyone help with a problem with Peel Away 1?
>
> I inadvertantly used this product to strip stain and varnish from a
> window. Not only has it darkened the wood (it looks like it's burnt),
> but it had damaged it and the remnants of the product will not come
> off! I have tried everything I can -- other strippers, water, wire
> wool, brushes, sanding -- and the only thing that works at all is to
> scrape it off, but that is very difficult and time consuming and is
> damaging the wood even more.
>
> Has anyone else had this problem? Or any ideas on how to remove the
> residue from the wood?
>
> For the second, identical window I used Peel Away 6 (which is what I
> should have used in the first place). It's worked pretty well but
> even when I have managed to get all the Peel Away 1 residue off the
> first window (I'm not holding out much hope) I will be left with
> windows side-by-side of vastly different color.
>
> Can anyone offer any suggestions as to how I can salvage this
> situation? I really don't want to paint the windows.