Better way to get Lacquer off tools

4/8/05, 3:53 AM #1

Darin in Victoria
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Better way to get Lacquer off tools

Darin in Victoria

>Well there are good and bad things about buying tools. The good part is I have 6 new Hirsch Chisels. The bad news is I have to get all the lacquer off them. Well I've gotten through three of them with mineral spirits and lots of elbow grease with the green scotchbrite pad. Had to hone them scary sharp also. Too tired to do anymore tonight. Oh yeah, I also did one of my skew chisels. So make that four tonight. Lots of work and my wife's been eyeing them because she wants to cut off some dowels from her magazine rack. Argh, all that work and I think she'll get to use them before me!

Anyways, is there anyway to get the lacquer off faster than the method that I'm using?

Re: Better way to get Lacquer off tools

4/8/05, 4:03 AM #2

Matt in Boone Iowa
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Lacquer Thinner

Matt in Boone Iowa

>I soaked mine in a jar of lacquer thinner for a few hours. Wiped off the lacquer that would come off. Resoaked for a little while longer and it all came off with just a little coaxing from a fine mesh finishing pad.

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4/8/05, 10:38 AM #3

Jack Guzman from Maine
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paint stripper

Jack Guzman from Maine

>If you don't have laquer thinner,paint stripper works too. It worked for mine.Just don't get any on the handles.---Jack

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Re: Better way to get Lacquer off tools

4/8/05, 2:01 PM #4

Patrick Gibbons, Houston, TX
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Patrick Gibbons, Houston, TX

>I soaked mine with mineral spirits for a while. The most important thing I did was grab an old butt chisel that was too soft for good work and put it to its highest and best use which is to scrape off the lacquer from good chisels and related tasks. It took me about 6 minutes tops, probably less.

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4/8/05, 5:45 PM #5

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA
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O.K. I got it...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>1. Wire wheel on high speed grinder

2. Sandblasting

3. Blow torch

4. Right angle grinder

5. Belt sander

I'm helping here right?

Re: Better way to get Lacquer off tools

4/8/05, 8:52 PM #6

Alan Hamilton
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Re: Better way to get Lacquer off tools

Alan Hamilton

>Darin,

If you don't have any, go buy a pint of lacquer thinner. I put my Hirsch chisels in a mayonaise jar, added just enough thinner to cover the steel, and let them soak overnight. The next morning the coating sloughed off with no effort on my part; all I had to do was wipe them off.

Alan

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4/9/05, 5:03 AM #7

Darin in Victoria
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Thanks Soaking in Mineral Spirits worked!!!!

Darin in Victoria

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Re: Better way to get Lacquer off tools

4/9/05, 10:25 AM #8

William Duffield, on the Cohansey
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Re: Thanks Soaking in Mineral Spirits worked!!!!

William Duffield, on the Cohansey

>Hmmm... If mineral spirits worked, the coating probably wasn't lacquer. I have found MS to work fine on petroleum based coatings like cosmolene in which they coat heavy iron from overseas, but I don't think a good furniture grade lacquer should dissolve in MS, especially if you are using the odorless MS that is not nearly as hazardous to your health.

Re: Better way to get Lacquer off tools

4/11/05, 11:36 PM #9

Derek
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Re: O.K. I got it...

Derek

>Scraper works quickly and well, but I'd use lacquer thinner next time.

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