Stripping black ash furniture

beefster

We were going to buy a new dining room table and chairs but.........
The one we have is black ash and very good quality. If it wasnt for the colour we would keep it.
The black colouring appears to be sprayed on as the under side of the table is your run of the mill timber colour. You can see the overspray.
I thought about acid dipping to remove the black leaving the original timber finish?
Has anyone any idea if this is possible?? Has any one done this before??

Any advice /help welcome.

paullwill8

This can be done quite easily with a sander. You just have to be patient. Do it a bit at a time so not to get bored and end up rushing then bodging it.
You'll be surprised at how easily it comes off.

uncle_buck_3

If the finish is just a sprayed on stain could you not just strip it off with pain stripper (Nitromorse)? It will be a messy job & probably best done outside or in a garage, as if the stripper gets on a carpet or flooring it will make a mess!
If you get it back to the bare wood you can then apply any colour stain you want, assuming you want to keep the wood look.

Dora_the_Explorer_5

I bleached teak colour to birch with wood bleach - can't remember what the proper name is but I got it in B &Q

plumb1_2

You will most propably find it is grained MDF under the black paint, so pointless stripping, best just to prime and paint over.
Do a test patch.

ka7e

My sister was at a big furniture show in Birmingham this weekend and she said Black Ash was featured quite heavily! It's supposed to be coming back into fashion :0

hells_2

Agree with Plumb1, it's probably MDF or chipboard underneath, leave well alone imo! Could end up spending hours and money to find you're disappointed!
The woodgrain will have been applied afterwards with the paint coating and so gives you the impression of wood, but it probably aint! Unless you paid a small fortune for it in the first place!

How about some melamine paint first to cover it up, and having a go at that Paint and Grain stuff, to make it look like natural wood? Could be worth a go and far less painful..?

beefster

Thanks for the interest.......

As I said in the original post "The one we have is black ash and very good quality"

It is Ash, not chip or MDF etc. It is very good quality....... but the colour does not suite our new house etc. It was a wedding gift from a close relative and i dont really want to part with it as its shape and style are great, its just the colour!

Has anyone any experience of doing this?
Sanding will ruin the raised grain on the table top plus I dont fancy the elbow work when dipping could in theory give a far better finish?

calmgirl

ka7e wrote:

My sister was at a big furniture show in Birmingham this weekend and she said Black Ash was featured quite heavily! It's supposed to be coming back into fashion :0

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh

beefster

Exactly my point!