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Stewart-Warner Cabinet paint
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08-12-2013, 09:46 AM
It's probably a baked on enamel, they didn't have epoxy paint in the 1940s and 50s. I don't know what Formby's paint and varnish remover has in it but if it isn't methylene chloride based get some that is, I have found that you have to go at it with fine steel wool while the stripper is wet. Another solution may be to try methyl-ethyl-keytone, outside with chemical gloves. One chemical that I have also heard will strip paint is brake fluid, dot 3 to be exact.
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Stewart-Warner Cabinet paint - by Eric - 08-08-2013, 03:53 PM
RE: Stewart-Warner Cabinet paint - by Warren - 08-08-2013, 06:01 PM
RE: Stewart-Warner Cabinet paint - by Arran - 08-09-2013, 05:13 AM
RE: Stewart-Warner Cabinet paint - by Eric - 08-11-2013, 08:53 AM
RE: Stewart-Warner Cabinet paint - by Arran - 08-12-2013, 09:46 AM
RE: Stewart-Warner Cabinet paint - by Eric - 08-12-2013, 02:19 PM
RE: Stewart-Warner Cabinet paint - by Arran - 08-12-2013, 08:02 PM
RE: Stewart-Warner Cabinet paint - by Eric - 08-13-2013, 12:53 PM



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