Post #39323 by Basement Kahuna on Sun, Jun 15, 2003 6:47 PM

The only way you'll ever get that stuff off of a surface like rattan is to use CITRUSTRIP (water based, low-odor stripper), applied liberally. Let it do it's work about 30 minutes and then take the stools to the local coin car wash and hit them on SOAP then RINSE with the pressure wand until clean. Sounds harsh but is fairly harmless when you dry them quickly, and makes getting all of the goo out of the cracks and crevices a cinch as well as making cleanup painless. (old antique dealer trick for stripping high-relief furniture; gets it on the sales floor fast and clean!). Sanding is the road to ruin, period. I have seen more furniture completely shot than I care to talk about because someone decided to sand the old finish off instead of using the homo sapiens method (a good liquid stripper till clean and dry, a 0000 light steel wooling, a quality Cabot or Minwax stain, and a durable finish).

[ Edited by: Basement Kahuna on 2003-06-15 18:49 ]