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Removing splashed varnish from patio?

  • 26-09-2010 6:39pm
    #1
    jwb1
    Registered Users Posts: 205 ✭✭


    Just finished treating my porch's cedar cladding with a product called Textrol. It's an oil-based substance that penetrates the wood and gives long-lasting protection. It's not very viscous and so it splashes easily. As a result, there are patches of splashed Textrol on the surrounding patio and I'd like to remove them. White spirits doesn't do it...I tried. Any ideas?

    Thanks!


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  • #2
    Wertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭Wertz


    Cellulose thinners should lift it if it's oil base. Might need to dab at it and leave it to work in a bit then remove it.


  • #3
    jwb1
    Registered Users Posts: 205 ✭✭jwb1


    Wertz wrote: »
    Cellulose thinners should lift it if it's oil base. Might need to dab at it and leave it to work in a bit then remove it.

    ...any particular brand(s) to get?

    JB


  • #4
    Wertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭Wertz


    Not really, it's a standard chemical (toluene and xylene I think). Rustins is the only brand I can think of offhand that come in a small amount. You'll only need a few ml.


  • #5
    ART6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭ART6


    If you buy it from a DIY store it will cost an arm and a leg for a tiny quantity -- something like Hammmerite thinners, for example. Buy a 5 litre can from a motor factor, where it will cost about €10.


  • #6
    Wertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭Wertz


    You're right of course, but why have 4.9 lts of a dangerous chemical sitting about that you're probably never going to use?
    With that in mind if you (OP) know anyone that does respray jobs or a decorator that uses it, ask them for a small bottle instead of buying it...


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  • #7
    ART6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭ART6


    Wertz wrote: »
    You're right of course, but why have 4.9 lts of a dangerous chemical sitting about that you're probably never going to use?
    With that in mind if you (OP) know anyone that does respray jobs or a decorator that uses it, ask them for a small bottle instead of buying it...

    Fair point. I have long used it for a number of things including using GRP, so I'm used to having a can of it handy. There are lots of uses for a strong solvent I find, and it does no harm in the garden shed -- no worse than the can of petrol for the lawnmower. The point I was considering was that we don't know the extent of the splashes the OP refers to, and 100 ml of thinners won't go far.

    Still, I wouldn't disagree with you.


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