Dear All.
I have a problem with water staining in wood on doors, windows and frames, plus ridge and rafter. The wood is to be clear finished. 1 coat sanding sealer, 1 coat gloss varnish and finish coat of matt varnish. This is a big project, 57 villas in a resort. Sadly the wood (tropical hardwood) was left outside under not good covers, hence the stain. The interior designer will not accept any tinting of the wood, no matter how hard I try. The workers I have to do the finishing have very little knowledge of wood. So I am hoping that someone can come up with a solution that is not to complex and within the ability of the men. Any and all advise is welcome. Thanks.
Edited 9/2/2007 3:35 am ET by Caldoche
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caldoche,
I would test an area but I think a good sanding would help cure the problem. You would need to use a fairly aggressive paper, maybe 120 to start and see if that helps. If it's too slow move down a grit to 100. You'll have to sand it back up to at least 150 to eliminate sanding marks.
Get a few of the people comfortable with this and it will move along at a fairly good pace. Just make sure they sand with the grain.
What type of wood is it?
Peter
Peter.
I did try some sanding, well at least my guys did, and I was surprised with the result. It came up better than expected. Of concern now is sticker stain, thankfully not as much as the water staining, but there none the less. I have read that this can be very problematic to remove. As yet we are to try sanding. Tomorrow we have the interior designer coming and I will try once again to convince him about staining the wood. As this is a 5 star+ resort we do want to give the client the best possible result. The wood is Kapur, I'm not sure if this is an international or just a local (sth east asian) name.
For your interest. This is a resort in the Maldives. On an island about 750 meters in circumferance. 57 villas on the water and 36 on the land. The water villas run out in a line to about 1 km from the island, but in very shallow water. A short term project as the Maldives are expected to be under water in about 80 years. Not global warming, it's because the islands are sinking. Last year they lost 3. An interesting project, but soooo difficult. We have to deal with bad product and very unskilled labour. But it pays the bills, and it is sunny and warm
Thank you for taking the time to reply.
Caldoche.
Need some experienced help? A rhetorical question I guess.
Good luck.
Peter
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