tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578858579618227680.post5157716770765680571..comments2023-10-20T06:50:51.370-07:00Comments on One Must Shock the Bourgeois: D-I-Whyyyyyyyyy!Elizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06225067958661933819noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578858579618227680.post-19808758443411074212010-08-13T10:12:20.052-07:002010-08-13T10:12:20.052-07:00I had the same problem with a shelf I was doing fo...I had the same problem with a shelf I was doing for my studio. It was with the "safe" soy based strippers. It was an insanely gooey mess, I even went as far as painting over it when thought the piece was "Dry" again and safe to paint. <br /><br />Disaster! Scrapped the white stuff off, as much as possible then liberally applied mineral spirits. It helped but there is still goo in the tiny places but I no longer had patience for it. I gave up and hung it anyway. The shelf is rather distressed, but looks great.Tinahttp://looseleafsketchbook.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578858579618227680.post-71011668975112679842010-08-02T20:17:59.492-07:002010-08-02T20:17:59.492-07:00Maggie... It came with a desk I bought on craig...Maggie... It came with a desk I bought on craig's list ages ago. It was free, so I thought I'd use it as an experimental finishing project. Ha! $20 and hours of labor, it's STILL sitting on my doorstep half-sanded. I just can't get that darn paint off since it was melted by the Ready-Strip!<br /><br />Denise... I had the <i>same</i> problem on my vanity desk. I went to the hardware store everyday for another can of spray paint. I was getting really friendly with the cashiers!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06225067958661933819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578858579618227680.post-3913946891925126702010-08-02T09:52:36.565-07:002010-08-02T09:52:36.565-07:00Amen, crafty sistah. I'm the queen of underbuy...Amen, crafty sistah. I'm the queen of underbuying paint and then having to make the frantic dash/retail walk of shame to pick up more paint. That happened when I was repainting a bookshelf. Luckily it was just spraypaint, but I think I went back to the hardware store TWICE in one day. I was like, yep, me again. ;PAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571982387809943339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-578858579618227680.post-35271778337418688672010-07-27T10:22:40.919-07:002010-07-27T10:22:40.919-07:00I was wondering when we'd see pictures! The ch...I was wondering when we'd see pictures! The chair has great lines!<br /><br />I got the super deadly paint stripper, held my breath, covered everything in plastic, wore giant rubber gloves, and disposed of everything in a very secret-government-operation kind of way. Had I a Hasmat suit, I would have worn it. And we still had to sand the damn thing more (I was working on the pedestal base of a table - the table top I did with our sander and didn't bother with stripper).<br /><br />My advice is to get out the dust mask and get one of those rubber handles to attach the sandpaper to - I had major sanders-cramp all weekend :) Good luck!Maggie Rosehttp://www.maggieroseonline.comnoreply@blogger.com