How Do You Strip Paint From Wood Furniture?
So you’ve acquired a bookcase. “This has lots of promise, and would look great in the dining room,” you tell yourself. There’s only one problem: It’s covered with ugly, chipping paint. The first thing you need to do is get rid of the paint; then you can figure out how to make it beautiful. Here are some simple steps you can follow to get rid of that ugly paint so you can make the piece of furniture a work of art. Determine how much paint is on the piece of furniture. If you can see bare wood in the chipped areas, it probably has only one or two coats to worry about. In that case, rub it down with a piece of coarse sandpaper, concentrating on the edges and corners, where paint has a tendency of building up. You do not need to remove 100 percent of the paint; if you can clearly make out the wood grain underneath, it’s good enough to repaint. If you intend to stain it, you may need to work on it a little more. Take the scraper to areas where the paint is a bit more difficult to remove, or
