How do you remove veneer from old furniture?
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Torie
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I have a 4 poster bed and a vanity with the veneer peeling off. I would like to remove it and paint the furniture.
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Sand lightly what is peeling off and then get some zipit stripper and leave on until you see it bubbling and scrape off with a putty knife.
I have a great post that I wrote: https://karupp-did.net/fetor-to-fetching/
In that post, I tell all the issues I had with removing veneer and I found a way that was sooooo much easier. Here is the Hometalk post that is a little condensed version of the above post from my blog. Good luck!
https://www.hometalk.com/diy/bedroom/furniture/how-to-remove-wood-veneer-easier-39748381
How to Remove Wood Veneer Easier!!
A heat gun or hot hair dryer can help in the removal process.
Here is a post I wrote about removing the veneer from an old dresser https://www.homeroad.net/2012/06/determination-and-dresser.html