I have recently stripped an old piece of furniture down to the raw wood, since the new surroundings are of a much lighter value wood, and it is desired to have everything match. The problem is that the old piece of furniture was stained very dark, and alot of the black pigment is stubburnly staying in the grain. Everything appears to be white oak. Any suggestions?
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You could try a thinner wash and use a plastic type bristle brush or even steel wool to get deep in the grain . If that wont work then you may have to do another light strip and use the brush .
good luck dusty
Oak is just almost impossible to get the paint out of the grain. On another board a very knowledgeable person suggested using Sal Soda solution to "bubble" the paint out of the grain. I have resorted to a dentist's pick to pick it out of the grain. The suggestion of the brass brush was good. It is just very hard.
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