Removing Stain From Wooden Picture Frame
Hello all.
A while back I purchased a vintage wooden picture frame from a consignment store. It had a whitish haze on it and I decided to remove the haze and of course the stain that was under it.
I used Citristrip and most of the old stain came off. However, the frame was painted with what looks like a primer and the Citristip didn’t touch it. I have tried mineral spirits and even lacquer thinner (not together) but still nothing.
I’ve refinished furniture in the past even removed old paint from my fireplace mantel but this picture frame has become the bane of my existence lately.
The other day I applied more Citristrip, covered it once again with thin plastic and let it sit for a couple of days in my tool shed. When I removed the plastic it left an interesting pattern on the frame. Not what I was going for however. I want all of the stain and whatever is under it completely gone so I can stain it. I’ve never had such a hard time with anything such as this and don’t know now what to do.
I’ve read reviews on every stain/paint remover and Minwax stain remover seems to have the most positive reviews.
Does anyone have any advise for me on how to remove these coatings?
Thank you!
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If it's truly vintage paint there's a good chance it's authentic milk paint and most modern EPA approved strippers won't touch it. Get some milk paint remover and give that a try.
Thank you for the advise!! I never thought about the base color being milk paint. The frame is definitely vintage and it looks like the base color was sprayed on.
I'll look up the product. Thanks again!
I just looked up how to remove milk paint and found a good website that sells the products plus instructions. You are right about paint strippers not working on milk paint. I'm glad you responded because I was about to waste money on another kind of paint stripper.
I've never used milk paint so it never crossed my mind that this could be the base coat on the picture frame. Milk paint was created in the 1930's so it makes sense that this was used on my frame.
I sent an email to the 'Real MilkPaint company' and asked which product I should purchase. The prices of the removers aren't bad either and the products are safe to use.
Thank you again for the great advise!!! :D
I hope it works for you.
Me too!
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