Conrad,
Now that would really scare me! unless it were actual paint I was
stripping. Seems like it would be too easy top scorch through varnish,
lacquer, whatever. Have you ever used this on a piano?
Greg
>I happened to be sifting through my basement yesterday and came across an
>electric paint stripper which I had used on a former house and a pso. I
>haven't used it in at least 15 years, but I know it quickly paid for
>itself vs:stripper when I was doing baseboards and things. I do recall you
>need a very steady hand to keep from touching any part of the stripper to
>any part of the wood as it would immediately scorch, but with that thing
>in one hand and scraper in the other, it sure got through multiple layers fast!
>
>A follow-up light application of chemical stripper would finish nooks and
>crannies and other missed areas.
>
>Anybody else use heat source stripping?
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>Successfully?
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>Conrad Hoffsommer - Keyboard Technician
>Luther College, 700 College Dr., Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
>1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076
>
>- Right now, I'm hoping to live until my age matches my golf score,
>- Until then, I'll have to be content to have my IQ match my handicap.
>
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