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The lacquer is starting to peel and flake off of the brush so I'm going to strip the lacquer using lacquer thinner, scuff the wood with some 1000 grit sand paper and then stain it with either a walnut or a cherry stain (I like darker woods) and throw a few coats of polyurethane on it. I'll probably start stripping off the lacquer tonight, let it dry for at least 12-14 hours, throw a few coats of stain on it tomorrow, let it dry out for probably a day or two and then throw on a final coat or two of polyurethane.

Here is how the brush looks now, with the lacquer peeling and flaking off:

That's what happened to my Semogue 2000. I just leave it, though. It adds character.

I'm looking forward to seeing the finished result.

Look forward to seeing how it turns out Andrew.

Here's how she looks after about an hour in the lacquer thinner, with me taking it out every 20 minutes or so to wipe off what didn't dissolve on its own:











after I took those photos, I hit the wood with a 1200 grit sand paper to ensure that any residue was gone and to touch up around the silver ring area that had some a few tacky spots.

Looking good so far. Almost tempted to try mine.

I quite liked the distressed look. It looked like it had been rolling around in the back of a truck for a while.

(10-04-2011 07:37 PM)freddy Wrote:  Looking good so far. Almost tempted to try mine.

thanks! I might hit it with a rougher grit sandpaper tomorrow before I dip it in the stain. I'm also thinking that dipping the entire brush and taping around the bristle area will provide a much more uniform coating than brushing it on.

(10-04-2011 07:42 PM)Fozz Wrote:  I quite liked the distressed look. It looked like it had been rolling around in the back of a truck for a while.

it'll be rolling around in some stain and polyurethane soon enough, you can bet on that.

(10-04-2011 07:37 PM)freddy Wrote:  Looking good so far. Almost tempted to try mine.

C'mon Freddy, all the cool kids are doing it!

(10-04-2011 08:30 PM)Ecosse Wrote:  

(10-04-2011 07:37 PM)freddy Wrote:  Looking good so far. Almost tempted to try mine.

C'mon Freddy, all the cool kids are doing it!

That's always been my problem, Gary. From day one, this has been me: .

WOW the brush really looked in a bad wey i have not got that problem yet.but i must say you have done a great job geting of all the bad varnish it looks great and i look forward to seang what wood ccolour you ar going to use.it,s looking great well done im looking forward to the final resultgood luck.

(10-04-2011 08:05 PM)andrewjs18 Wrote:  

(10-04-2011 07:37 PM)freddy Wrote:  Looking good so far. Almost tempted to try mine.

thanks! I might hit it with a rougher grit sandpaper tomorrow before I dip it in the stain. I'm also thinking that dipping the entire brush and taping around the bristle area will provide a much more uniform coating than brushing it on.

(10-04-2011 07:42 PM)Fozz Wrote:  I quite liked the distressed look. It looked like it had been rolling around in the back of a truck for a while.

it'll be rolling around in some stain and polyurethane soon enough, you can bet on that.

Double check Shawn's thread on redoing his 2000, I think he said something about not dipping.... Plus, I imagine you'd have a lot of excess to worry about with dipping. Brushing would be much easier to control the amount applied. Be patient and use several coats as opposed to just one huge dip. JMO.

(10-05-2011 03:51 AM)selhov Wrote:  WOW the brush really looked in a bad wey i have not got that problem yet.but i must say you have done a great job geting of all the bad varnish it looks great and i look forward to seang what wood ccolour you ar going to use.it,s looking great well done im looking forward to the final resultgood luck.

thanks. yeah, it does look much better without all of the cracking. I'm going to apply some stain on it after work and I'll be taking photos during the process.

(10-05-2011 07:26 AM)Truckman Wrote:  

(10-04-2011 08:05 PM)andrewjs18 Wrote:  

(10-04-2011 07:37 PM)freddy Wrote:  Looking good so far. Almost tempted to try mine.

thanks! I might hit it with a rougher grit sandpaper tomorrow before I dip it in the stain. I'm also thinking that dipping the entire brush and taping around the bristle area will provide a much more uniform coating than brushing it on.

(10-04-2011 07:42 PM)Fozz Wrote:  I quite liked the distressed look. It looked like it had been rolling around in the back of a truck for a while.

it'll be rolling around in some stain and polyurethane soon enough, you can bet on that.

Double check Shawn's thread on redoing his 2000, I think he said something about not dipping.... Plus, I imagine you'd have a lot of excess to worry about with dipping. Brushing would be much easier to control the amount applied. Be patient and use several coats as opposed to just one huge dip. JMO.

yeah, good point. we'll see how it goes. I'll likely end up using a brush.

I like that, it really needs some stain so it has some contrast against the bristles. I have a can of stain some where for my SOC boar but I never grew the balls to mess with it since its in super good shape. I didnt know you could get something to melt the laquer.

The stuff I bought is "BEHR Premium semi-transparent weatherproofing wood stain". Whatever the hell that is. Would I need some laquer on top of that?

(10-05-2011 01:22 PM)olblueyez Wrote:  I like that, it really needs some stain so it has some contrast against the bristles. I have a can of stain some where for my SOC boar but I never grew the balls to mess with it since its in super good shape. I didnt know you could get something to melt the laquer.

The stuff I bought is "BEHR Premium semi-transparent weatherproofing wood stain". Whatever the hell that is. Would I need some laquer on top of that?

Brooke, lacquer thinner is what I used and yes, it did melt the lacquer or polyurethane or varnish (I'm not entirely sure what Semogue uses) right off of the wood. I let the bottom half of the wood sit in some lacquer thinner that I poured into a plastic cup for about 20 minutes and then checked on it to see how it was doing. After seeing that it was melting the clear coating off, I pulled the brush out and added enough lacquer thinner into the cup so that the entire wood handle was covered just below the silver ring, so it didn't touch any of the badger hair. I'd pull it out every 20 minutes or so and wipe off whatever didn't melt off and was gumming up on the wood, for a total of around 60 minutes. After that, I wiped it off with a paper towel and then hit it with some 1200 grit sandpaper for a few minutes to ensure any clear coating that was left behind is now off.

As for the stain, I believe the purpose behind adding lacquer or a polyurethane is to give it a gloss look and add a layer of protection so that you won't have to repeat the staining process as often.

for me, I'm going to use a few coats of minwax dark walnut stain and then apply a few coats of minwax fast-drying, clear gloss polyurethane. I should have the staining done tonight; I'll add photos when that process is done to keep track of the progress.

Kool, I cant wait to see how it comes out.

http://www.thewoodworksinc.com/strip_ref...quer.shtml

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.p...ay-lacquer