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Need advice - stripping paint along floor line

tpirson
11 years ago

I'm in the process of refinishing a built-in linen closet, (picture attached), so far it's gone smoothly. Amazing how many layers and colors of paint there were on the thing.

For the majority of the cabinet, my process was to let a coat of citristrip set for 6-8 hrs, scrape that off and then use a narrow paint brush with a bit more stripper to brush the remaining paint out of the grain/crevices, then follow behind with some odorless paint thinner as cleanup.

My only snag is how to get the last bit of paint off along the carpet line. The cabinet was painted long before the carpet was put down. I've been able to scrape off the latex paint with just a putty knife, but the 3-4 coats of enamel underneath are much harder.

Any ideas how to get that last .25" or so off? And then, how to stain/polyurethane it?

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