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Originally Posted by Eric H
Would it be easier to just sand it off with some 80 grit or would that take even longer? I certainly wouldn't breath the dust if I tried it.  |
The top and front of the set has a much thicker coating than the sides do, so the heat gun method works a lot better there. Burn it, then scrape it off. The sides are a little different because the coating is so thin, it doesn't bubble up as much. Also much easier to burn the wood underneath if you hold the heat in one spot for too long. It's better on the sides to use a wide razor- chase the gun with the razor to warm the stuff up, then the blade will scrape it off easily. It's actually a lot like paint removal on the sides, where the top is like burning off a layer of something.
If you wanted, the sides would probably sand off pretty easily but the top and front are too thick. It would take forever to get through it all. I also noticed that the top is 'real wood' underneath, where the sides look like this sort of fiber board. Easy to go overboard with sanding there, so watch what you do.
I should be completely done removing all the photo finish later today, then I'll post pics of what it all looks like.