Removing old varnish from awkward corners?

[owendov17]

My 1947 built Vertue has a great many fiddly varnished corners and hard to reach crooks and nannies.

It is not possible to get a sander or scraper in to them. The use of varnish remover does not seem to have the same oomph it used to.

Last year a bloke came to Mersea with a sand blasting kit and removed anti foul with great accuracy and skill.

Has any one come across a small DIY spot sand blaster that can be used that will not blow a hole in the old girl.

 

[PeteCooper]

If you can get a small scraper in you might have some success with a hot air paint stripper. Certainly used with care on open spaces it makes life dead easy, so might work in awkward corners.

 

[Seagreen]

Same problem here, but I find a hot air gun and screwdriver tip does the job. A couple of really cheap drivers can have their tips bent over and sharpened and voila! Job's a good'un.

 

[Spuddy]

A sand blaster would remove the softer grain leaving a ridged effect I'd guess - no good. As well as other suggestions consider broken glass ( held in a leather glove ! ); choose the edge that fits the corner best and discard when blunt.

 

[Porthandbuoy]

Leather gloves and pieces of broken glass, as suggested by Candide, does the best job in awkward corners. It's cheap and readily available /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[absit_omen]

....or a new Stanley knife blade.

 

[1937rogerdon]

Hi, Get hold of the Rutland woodworkers tool book, and check out the set of cabinet scrapers with shaped edges to suit any profile.
Hot air gun just great.

 

[oakum]

Model makers' small razor knife with different shaped blades, or glass as suggested.

 

[Bosunof]

When broken glass blunt, drink another beer and break bottle. If getting blunt too quickly stop bothering with the old varnish.