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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;808 raver, post: 10304309, member: 4654&quot;]Thank you, the truth is the original calligrapher would be turning in his grave if he saw what I was doing.</p><p>Areas of re-painting were everywhere where you can see paint, the original finish took off all the old paint, it&#039;s not easy to paint very thin straight lines with a brush.</p><p>I&#039;m nearly sure there isn&#039;t a stripper that will remove the old finish and keep the mosaics in place, if as I suspect it&#039;s a hide glue based finish then what ever removes the finish will remove the mosaics, hand sanding was the only choice I had, as for sandpaper grit I used 120 and up.</p><p>I don&#039;t know what they call it in the states but it&#039;s the paper used in ovens to stop food sticking. </p><p>It looks a lot better in the flesh than in photos.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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