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Warning: a client's 'simple' table refinish in Cincinnati turned into a week of stripping old milk paint
They said it was just a few coats of varnish, but it was actually six layers of that old chalky paint, each a different color. I went through two gallons of stripper and a full box of 80 grit paper before I even saw wood. Has anyone else had a job where the prep work was ten times worse than they told you?
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oliver_ward145mo ago
Yeah, lee.diana is right, that stuff is a nightmare.
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lee.diana5mo ago
Milk paint is the worst, it gets into the grain like concrete. Makes you wonder what else they're not telling you before you start.
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grace_fox35mo ago
What kind of prep work would have saved you from that mess? Did the instructions mention sealing the wood first or was it just "paint and go"?
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