Old rental farmhouse kitchen has these really grubby coating of grease and who knows what on old knottypine vertical boards.
Bad enough for some fuzzballs to want to stick to it.
Not into a total strip and involved project but was looking for recommendations as to the cleanup and final on this.
Thanks
be nasty stuff
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Turpentine and elbow grease
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piffin,
Turpentine is bad stuff.
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/healthguidelines/turpentine/recognition.htmlI would use something like Simple Green instead.KK
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I've had good luck on gunky oak kitchen cabinets with a citrus/orange based wood cleaner. Here's an example: http://www.restorzit.com/WoodCleaner.htm
(I have not bought it from this website - I'm just posting it to give you an example - I always get it at the hardware store, and have used several different brands, all of which seem to be pretty much the same.)
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I'm thinkin' Dirtex or maybe mineral spirits followed by Dirtex.
Depending on the finish..... TSP may work, but might be too agressive. Test area somewhere first.
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cut the TSP solution back a notch or two...
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TSP may work, but might be too agressive
Thinned TSP 50% was my first thought--this is the steven king rental farmhouse--so aggressive might be just the ticket.Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
TSP and elbow grease...
several times...
you still get to keep the cat...
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Edited 3/4/2005 2:03 am ET by IMERC
It depends a lot on what the underlying finish is -- and is capable of surviving. Test some mild organic solvents like turpentine, isopropanol, mineral spirits, etc. to soften up the gunk. Pick the one that works best, and give it some time to soften the stuff up. Then wash it off with TSP.
-- J.S.