{"id":200,"date":"2013-01-21T11:47:28","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scorellis.com\/?p=200"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:47:28","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:47:28","slug":"how-to-refinish-a-stubborn-painted-pine-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scorellis.com\/?p=200","title":{"rendered":"How to Refinish a Stubborn, Painted, Pine Floor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Years ago, when I was in the military, I had a furniture repair and refinishing sideline.\u00a0 I grew up in a Victorian home and we rehabbed it, so I had about ten years of refurbishing experience when I graduated High School!<\/p>\n

One of the best techniques I ever used to get ALL of the paint off of a piece was a wash.\u00a0 I would actually take a hose to a piece, and use a softish nylon brush on it.\u00a0 It raises the grain slightly, but a light sanding with 250 grit takes care of that. My advice to you would be to do the technique I mentioned with the plastic tarp and the remover, covering it for 30 minutes to 2 hours.\u00a0 (Too long could damage the wood, my recollection it that I would test a piece first to see how much punishment it could bear.\u00a0 Pine is softer, so tread carefully here.)<\/p>\n

After that, squeegee it all up, suck it up with a wet vac, and then hit it with a carpet shampooer. Use a good one, industrial strength, no soap or anything, just the hot eater.\u00a0 The whole process should go very quickly and not involve being on your hands and knees at all.<\/p>\n

At the end of it, if you still have some colored tint left to the wood, I would suggest using a wood dye treatment that matches it.\u00a0 Wood dye (not stain) will give it a uniform look, it will show off the grain, and it will last forever, and can be done in\u00a0 a myriad of colors.\u00a0 It should look really cool.<\/p>\n

Woodcraft has an excellent search page that shows off the coloring capabilities of dye :\u00a0http:\/\/www.woodcraft.com\/search2\/search.aspx?query=dye<\/p>\n

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