I am not into stripping………..furniture.
But, I have a few clients whom I appreciate so much that I will do pretty much anything they ask me to.
One of those clients recently called to tell me that her leather day planner had made a black mark on the beautiful desk we fauxed for her about 5 years ago.
I tried to wash the black marks off. I tried to sand them off. I tried paint thinner. I tried a Magic Eraser which you know from this post fixes everything.
There was no denying it.
I was gonna have to strip for the first time in my career.
I thought I could just strip the area with the stain. But quickly realized that huge circle in the middle of my glazed wood was not going to patch in well.
So I poured stripper on the whole top and was MOR-ti-fied to watch it bubble….
And LISTEN to it bubble. OMGosh….what is IN that stuff???
It is freaky!
It looked like this after the first stripping. So I was forced to strip again and again against my will.
And scrape off nasty layers of yuck every time.
Until it was squeaky clean and stainless again.
I re-glazed the bare wood and called it perfect!
I can now add “stripper” to my resume.
Check out her cute desk chair…….leopard print…..my love language!
How great to know. The piece is stunning. Hugs, Marty
So. It’s True.
You ARE a stripper.
Hmmm…
that makes you adventurous in my book.
I don’t strip. Never. I make it point to never EVER strip.
The desk looks wonderful now.
Hmmm… so YOU’RE a stripper?
Have a good one~
Pat
OH my, I would have had a heart attack attempting that! But, it turned out just as lovely as it started!
I would have been a nervous wreck!!!But it turned out beautifully! Who would have thought that a planner would leave that kind of mark?
dude your cracken me up!!! I love it! What an amazing piece and cute chair:)
Welcome to the stipper club baby!
The piece looks amazing!
Great post! I have your blog link on my dsidebar and when I saw that clever title, I had to go check out the post right away – hilarious!
I have featured it on my latest INSPIRED BY post –
http://firstadream.blogspot.com/2011/02/inspired-by_24.html