Refinishing - Stripping & Stain Uneveness

[Greg Newell]

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Terry,
         Rockler Woodworking and Hardware has a product called Wunderfil 
which is just your basic wood paste filler. I've not been too crazy about 
it for it's tendency to lift out ( minor amounts) when you are brushing on 
the water based die and or stain. I'm think9ing of switching to alcohol 
based so that the filler stays put when I re-wet with the die or stain.

Greg




At 08:52 AM 4/27/2003, you wrote:

>Hi Greg. What are you filling grain with? I have always used 
>marine-oriented filler/stain in the past. I am interested in going 
>water-based just to cut down the fumes.
>
>Terry Farrell
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Greg Newell" <gnewell@ameritech.net>
>To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2003 3:57 PM
>Subject: Re: Refinishing - Stripping & Stain Uneveness
>
>
> > Terry,
> >          You can stain, sure, but start with an anneline or a water based
> > dye first. That will help make the color much more even.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > At 03:23 PM 4/26/2003, you wrote:
> >
> > >Refinishing question. I started stripping a piano - the typical reddish
> > >stained mahogany. The finish was original. I have always used chemical
> > >strippers before but I am trying scraping this time. The scraping 
> seems to
> > >go easy and well, except that you end up with some areas of stain largely
> > >removed and some areas remaining, resulting in a blotchy appearance. I
> > >have sanded, and that helps a little, but it is still blotchy and sanding
> > >is tough because the sandpaper just loads up in three seconds flat.
> > >
> > >My guess is that when I re-stain (will be going with a similar color) 
> some
> > >blotchyness will remain. Using chemical strippers in the past has yielded
> > >fairly even-colored wood to work with - so I don't really know what will
> > >happen if the blotchy color is stained. Anyone with any experience with
> > >this? Recommendations? Thanks.
> > >
> > >Terry Farrell
> > >
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> >
> > Greg Newell
> > mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
> >
>
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Greg Newell
mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net 

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