Contrary to what you have heard, I am NOT a stripper

I am not into stripping………..furniture.

But, I have a few clients whom I appreciate so much that I will do pretty much anything they ask me to.

One of those clients recently called to tell me that her leather day planner had made a black mark on the beautiful desk we fauxed for her about 5 years ago.

I tried to wash the black marks off. I tried to sand them off. I tried paint thinner. I tried a Magic Eraser which you know from this post fixes everything.

There was no denying it.

I was gonna have to strip for the first time in my career.


I thought I could just strip the area with the stain. But quickly realized that huge circle in the middle of my glazed wood was not going to patch in well.


So I poured stripper on the whole top and was MOR-ti-fied to watch it bubble….


And LISTEN to it bubble. OMGosh….what is IN that stuff???


It is freaky!


It looked like this after the first stripping. So I was forced to strip again and again against my will.


And scrape off nasty layers of yuck every time.

Until it was squeaky clean and stainless again.


I re-glazed the bare wood and called it perfect!


I can now add “stripper” to my resume.

Check out her cute desk chair…….leopard print…..my love language!

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  2. So. It’s True.
    You ARE a stripper.
    Hmmm…
    that makes you adventurous in my book.
    I don’t strip. Never. I make it point to never EVER strip.

    The desk looks wonderful now.

    Hmmm… so YOU’RE a stripper?

    Have a good one~
    Pat

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