All the salvaged oak trim we purchased at The ReBuilding Exchange had paint on it. Actually, it was less paint but more lacquer. Still, it all needed stripping down to the original oak.

After a couple of quick tests, Cathy determined that the SOY Gel quickly and easily removes most of the lacquer.

To remove any residue and the stain, the palm sander with a 80 followed by a 120 grit sand paper became handy again.

Within one weekend, Cathy had cleaned up the entire batch of salvaged trim.

No, this is only part of it; there was more, much more. I tell you, she was moving fast!

Now it was up to me to keep up with her.  I needed to find a way to use the salvaged trim to extend the original trim all the way to the new wall depth.