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restoration question

Bruce, a MN Galoot

>I'm restoring a dresser for my wife. She inherited it from her grandfather, so this dates back about 100 years. It was not of the highest quality when new, but it is a family piece, so...

It has/had hideous white, then black, then white paint applied. I removed the paint with a stripper that pretty much leaves the underlying stain alone. The joints are broken, cracked, loose or otherwise coming apart anyway, so I've taken the whole shebang apart to reglue it. The original glue is hide glue.

Here's the question: I was pretty careful but still some of the stripper solution got into a couple of the open joints. Will that stripper stuff affect the hide glue? Is there some way to neutralize it so it doesn't affect the joint?

Thanks

Bruce

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Mike G.

>What kind of stripper was it? If it's the Orange stuff,( which is pretty good, by the way.), you can just rinse it out of the joints with water, then let dry before reassembly. If you used a solvent-based stripper, then I should think that mineral spirits would clean it up. The best thing is to read the can. It should tell you what you can use. HTH's

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Bruce, a MN Galoot

>It's a solvent-based one, Bix Tuff-Job. It says it cleans up with mineral spirits, but will that leave a residue that will interfere with a hide glue bond?

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Sam Simpson

>Hi Y'all,

Bruce, although the manufacturer suggests clean up with mineral spirits, I find that it leaves the surface gummy. So I use, lacquer thinner for clean up of Bix. I have done it many times and followed with hide glue, without any problems.

Regards Sam Simpson.

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Bruce, a MN Galoot

>Thanks. That's just what I was looking for.

Bruce

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