Key Word: Patience - Let the stripper do it's work!
I just stripped my TR6 dash with Circa Furniture Stripper. It was a long
process (25+ Year old varnish can be quite hard!!!). What I did was to
apply a generous coat of stripper and cover it with plastic film, so that it
won't dry too quick. Let it sit for 15-60 min (let the stripper do it's
work) and use a wood scraper plastic will work to but be carefull!) to
remove the lifted varnish. Dont't force it, if it doesn't come off easily,
leave it!!! Repeat the process until all the varnish is removed. In my
case, it basically took the whole day but there is no scratch marks on the
dash and I didn't have to sweat.
On the VTR web site, there is a good article on how to refinish wood dash.
It's worth a look: http://www.vtr.org/maintain/fascia-refinishing.html
YMMV
Steph
'69 Spit - Hers (Coming back to life slowly)
'70 TR6 - Mine (In pieces)
----- Original Message -----
From: sujit roy <sujitroy@hotmail.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 12:56 PM
Subject: dash varnish remover recommendation
>
> Hi Guys,
> I'm trying to strip the varnish of my wooden dash panels on the Stag. The
> paint and varnish remover I got from Sears only seems to remove small
layers
> of varnish at a time and involves a lot of scrapping.
> Can anyone recommend a good varnish remover for this job?
>
> Thanks Sujit
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