The paint has come off, and now needs to get back on. Although it won’t be paint – it will be clear, VOC free lacquer.
Having gone through a couple of tubes of wood putty and many sheets of sandpaper, I was ready to dust off the vertical trim and start lacquering.
Two coats, with a drying time of six to eight hours between each coat. The lacquer brings out the beautiful warm white oak color and adds a nice sheen to the trim.
I stay mindful about our health and safety as well as the immediate and long term indoor air quality (IAQ) and kept using the VOC free Acrylacq by SafeCoat. No solvents, no nasty fumes or smells. Why would I ever want to use the conventional, VOC based paint products?
Related posts:
- Paint removal – Part 8: Sustained sanding
- Paint removal – Part 7: Vertical trim
- The race downstairs
- Paint removal – Part 6: Digging through doors
- Paint removal – Part 5: Battling baseboards
- Paint stripping – Part 4
- Paint stripping – Part 3
- Paint stripping – Part 2
- Paint stripping – Part 1
- Stripping pocket doors
- Clean trim-onomics
- Salvaging casings and trims
Really nice work, the new coating brings out the structure of the trim and probably will make future cleaning and dusting much easier.