Dyna2 finishstrip review

[Jay Mercier]

List, here is a review of my experience with using the Dyna2 stripper 
formula purchased from Pianolac.com.

My overall goal with this trial was to gain a more efficient method of 
stripping off old finish on the main cabinet of pianos while not using the 
toxic methlyene chloride stripper products. I use a local refinishing 
company to strip all the parts, all for only $100 (can't go wrong there). 
But I personally still need to strip the main areas that can't be dunked, 
and the last ornate cabinet of a Wing & Son Upright took only 8 hours to 
strip! Ugh.

I decided to try this stuff on a current refinish/rebuild upright project. 
The old original finish is lacquer on a walnut veneer, you know, the typical 
old upright finish. I opened up the plastic gallon container and much to my 
surprise there was barely a detectable odor. Just a gallon of green cake mix 
with very little odor. I took my nylon paint brush and "painted" the cake 
mix generously - be sure to cover everything well so you don't see much dark 
wood underneath. The stripper didn't drip or glob or bunch together, just 
went on smooth and the total application time took 10 minutes. That was in 
the late afternoon. Leave it sit overnight. The next morning I opened the 
shop door - still, barely an odor. The little odor there was didn't give a 
bad smell, just a different odor.  I skeptically looked at the piano and 
some of the green slime had turned clear and was partially dripping on the 
plastic I had lay around the piano in case...  With a scotchbrite pad I 
started wiping with long strokes and much to my amazement, everything - the 
original finish and stripper wiped, not scrubbed, right off like a banana 
peel. Very easy. And it stripped right down to the original stain. In fact, 
most of it didn't even soak into the scotchbrite pad, it just fell off, so I 
only went through about 3 pads. After one side of stripper/old finish had 
been removed, the wood was still wet and remained wet for as long as I 
wanted. It gave me time to wipe everything down with alcohol and paper 
towels. Cleans everything up nice. Then I dry wipe with paper towels and 
it's ready to sand. No big mess, no scrubbing, no odor and basically no 
work, all in less than an hour to completely apply stripper (10 minutes 
night before) and take off finish (about forty minutes) on the main piano 
frame. The amount used was just under half a gallon.

Efficiency: A+
Odor: A
Cost: B (this would have been a "C" but since the efficiency was soooo good, 
it's worth the money)
Overall experience with using this product including help on the phone with 
Pianolac: A

Jay Mercier

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