| DesertScrb | 28 Dec 2008 8:14 p.m. PST |
acetone + varnished kitchen table = irritated girlfriend |
 John the OFM  | 28 Dec 2008 9:24 p.m. PST |
Ah, balancing equations! Brings back a lot of memories. |
| Brent27511 | 28 Dec 2008 9:25 p.m. PST |
I have a spare couch if you need it…. |
| JRacel | 28 Dec 2008 9:27 p.m. PST |
Time to learn how to use sand paper and refinish the table surface. I've done a lot of furniture and can say its not too hard, but you need to make sure to understand what you need to do before you start and don't skimp on the matterials. Use a high grade sealer to finish it with a long lasting water proof and damage resistant surface. If you aren't willing to fix it, plan to be in trouble for a long while (especially every time she sees the table . . . . ). Jeff |
| Mardaddy | 29 Dec 2008 12:18 a.m. PST |
And make sure you have a relatively (or literal) dust-free environment to apply the sealer/coatings. |
| terrain sherlock | 29 Dec 2008 3:06 a.m. PST |
you really needed a new kitchen dining set anyway, right..? And since you can't eat on *that* table.. a dinner at a nice restaurant sounds like a real good idea.. |
| Robin Bobcat | 29 Dec 2008 3:34 a.m. PST |
My advice: Use Simple Green. It's a LOT nicer than acetone. It still may take off some finishes if spilled, but it's useful stuff. It's particularly good for stripping painted minis. One hour dunk and the paint comes off instantly. It's also non-toxic and non-flammable. |
| Doc Perverticus | 29 Dec 2008 3:35 a.m. PST |
Don't forget to heavily ventilate the area when refinishing furniture |
| chronoglide | 29 Dec 2008 4:09 a.m. PST |
I'd offer to do it for you in my lunch break, but there might be a long turn-around time…. |
| Scale Creep Miniatures | 29 Dec 2008 7:43 a.m. PST |
At least you know why you wound up here: link Mark Severin
Owner, Scale Creep Miniatures
scalecreep.com |
| Delthos | 29 Dec 2008 8:05 a.m. PST |
My advice is don't do your paint stripping on the dining room table. |
 Der Alte Fritz | 29 Dec 2008 8:27 a.m. PST |
Use a metal container next time. |
| jpattern2 | 29 Dec 2008 9:57 a.m. PST |
Or a glass container. (Some metal containers will rust quickly when exposed to the volatiles in some paint strippers.)
Hint for the future: Most substances that can be used to strip paint from minis will also strip the finish from fine furniture. |
| zoneofcontrol | 29 Dec 2008 1:44 p.m. PST |
You can always find a new girlfriend that owns her own table BUT, some minis go out of circulation and cannot be replaced. It is all a matter of priorities. |
| haywire | 30 Dec 2008 7:45 a.m. PST |
Dont use metal!!! Especially dont use Aluminum! It will eat through! I use a mason jar |
| wellender | 31 Dec 2008 10:47 a.m. PST |
Simple Green has not worked for me stripping the paint off of clix. |
| frankthedm | 19 Mar 2009 8:09 a.m. PST |
one of the few things that will strip the older clix figures is acetone, but the HAVE to be removed from their black clix bases first. Shave the bottom of the figure to make sure you got rid of it all. The black plastic of the base turns into black slime at first contact of acetone and rehardens into a obnoxious black mess. Once the black base is gone, repeatedly swirling the figure in a GLASS jar with acetone should take care of a good portion of the paint. A scrub with a small brush should get most of the rest. {>clear< plastic toothbrushes may break as soon as they get acetone on them] I recommend Swirl and Scrub because if you soak the fig in acetone for hours, it will first swell, then eventually shrink. You then leave the clix figure alone for a few weeks. After the acetone damage is undone, the figure rehardens. If you soaked the figure rather than Swirl and Scrub, it will shrink and or warp and become quite brittle. And as the OP learned, you do this OUTSIDE. |
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