Wes Billups
02-02-2005, 5:38 PM
My wife and I are in the process of renovating a 100 yr old house and I need some help on deciding how to strip the woodwork. 95% of it has a clear finish. It has all been removed and does not have alot of complicated profiles (rounded over edges). At the time we were removing it I thought we would just send it out to be stripped. Well the quotes are coming back at $1.50/lin ft which equates to well over $1000 for the whole house. Now my options are:
1) Spend the money on a drum sander to sand off the finish and then hit the edges with a chemical stripper or a random orbit sander.
2) Strip all of the woodwork myself (not looking forward to this option).
3) Spend the money on new woodwork (can't afford to reproduce the wide widths).
My question to the experts is would a drum sander perform this function. I really have two questions? Will the finish, which I believe is shellac, gum up a drum sander and would I be better off with an open end design like Performax or the dual drums like Grizzly. I have 6-34" doors and it would be nice to just run them through the sander and then strip the raised panel areas.
Thanks,
Wes
P.S. Need to stay in the $1500 range.
1) Spend the money on a drum sander to sand off the finish and then hit the edges with a chemical stripper or a random orbit sander.
2) Strip all of the woodwork myself (not looking forward to this option).
3) Spend the money on new woodwork (can't afford to reproduce the wide widths).
My question to the experts is would a drum sander perform this function. I really have two questions? Will the finish, which I believe is shellac, gum up a drum sander and would I be better off with an open end design like Performax or the dual drums like Grizzly. I have 6-34" doors and it would be nice to just run them through the sander and then strip the raised panel areas.
Thanks,
Wes
P.S. Need to stay in the $1500 range.