You've got that right! If it ain't got that sweet, intoxicating (and
liver damaging) aroma of methylene chloride, it's no better than a
bucket of warm spit, and maybe worse. Get the real thing and use a
respirator.
Have you considered a tung oil finish? It won't flake off and can be
easily maintained with regular applications. Any hard finish will
eventually chip, scratch and wear off.
"R. O. Lindsay" wrote:
>
> Hi Gang,
> Last night I removed the steering wheel from my B-GT. It
> is an older walnut Moto Lita and still looked pretty good but
> the clean finish was peeling and flaking away leaving nice plastic
> shards ready to attack the driver's hands should the wheel
> spin quickly.
> A zillion coats of Aircraft Stripper eventually took the finish
> off of the wood and left the wheel ready to lightly sand and
> refinish. It didn't bother the aluminum at all. I will shoot the
> wood with clear coat (outside) perhaps later this week. I want
> to make sure that all the paint stripper has evaporated from
> the wood. Pictures were taken all along the way.
> And BTW, I figured what they took OUT of Aircraft Stripper
> to make it 'odorless'. They took out the part that strips paint!
>
Stuart MacMillan
Seattle
'84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1
'65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969)
'74 MGB GT (Restoring sloooowly)
Personal mechanic for:
'70 MGB GT (Daughter's)
Assisting on Restoration (and spending OPM):
'72 MGB GT (Was daughter's, now son's)
'64 MGB (Son's)
Stripped and gone but their parts live on:
'68 MGB, '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT
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