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HOME > STRIPPING > GALLERY OF STRIPPED ITEMS
We would like to illustrate for you a small sample of the large number and variety of items we have stripped. All text and graphics Copyright 2001 - 2011 Craftsman Furniture Service | ||
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Storage cabinets used by a local school district before and after stripping. They are made of solid maple. Click this link to see how they looked after finishing. | ||||||
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It is interesting to discover what is hidden under paint. Sometimes it is a burn mark or some other type of damage, sometimes it is a beautiful wood grain, like this quarter sawn oak. | ||
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This chair had been painted and was stripped elsewhere. The customer knew it could be done better so brought it to us. You be the judge, how did we do at getting this chair clean? | ||||||||
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A concern about immersion stripping that we periodically hear is that it will damage veneers or inlay. This set of nesting tables has mother of pearl inlay and came through the stripping process just fine. The wood is clean too! | ||
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This is a closer view of the door we picture on our "Paint Removal" page. It is clean, but you can see that there is still a trace of paint in the recesses of the trim around the center panel. We think the cost of getting out that last little bit exceeds any benefit gained. | Wicker is one of the most difficult materials to strip with all the surfaces and holes where paint or finish can be trapped. Our immersion system allows us to do this work well. The lower right photo is after stripping and before the finish was applied. We also strip and refinish rattan furniture. Follow this link for a before and after of a rattan set. | |||||
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Perhaps one of our therapist readers can help us understand our compulsive sense of need to prove that immersion stripping does not damage veneers and sensitive inlays. But here we go again. None of the beautiful floral and ribbon inlay was lost in the stripping of this piece and none even loosened requiring re-gluing. The bright dots of mother of pearl are also all in place after stripping. For the sake of full disclosure, we need to admit that there were repairs done to some of the veneer after stripping and before the bottom picture was snapped. In the bottom picture, the light colored strip at the bottom left section of the piece is new veneer. It stands out now but won't after finishing. It replaced the damaged section in the same spot in the upper picture. Also, just above that damaged section you can discern a light colored arc. That was a section of veneer that had slightly bubbled that we glued flat after stripping. | ||||
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