Cabinets, Furniture, Woodworks/sanding away paint

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Expert: - 9/23/2007


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Hi,
I have a very large built in wall unit. About 7 years ago during a moment, or should I say days of not thinking I sprayed my wall unit with a paint that has a bubble texture. Now of course I hate it. I want to remove this bubble paint and want to know if I can just sand it off, or do I need to strip it. Thanks for any help you can give me.

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Hi Robin
Nice to hear from you.
I feel this would be a pretty long job if you try to sand this off. Also very dusty.
But if you are going to repaint, you certainly do not need to strip.
So perhaps if you are painting, there will be no need to entirely sand the piece.
Just get it smooth for painting.
Not too many options with this type of job I'm afraid.
Good Luck
Regards Eileen  

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