removing old finish

[Yaffle]

I have an old Cane rod that I want to restore. The rod has old varnish that needs to be removed before new finish can be applied.
I just have one simply question. What is the best way to remove the old finish?

Any advise would be appreciated. Thanks: Grant

[Kaboom1]

I have an old Cane rod that I want to restore. The rod has old varnish that needs to be removed before new finish can be applied.
I just have one simply question. What is the best way to remove the old finish?

Any advise would be appreciated. Thanks: Grant

Citristrip, available at most hardware/Big Box stores.

Brad

[bugman]

Just damp a clean soft cloth with it and gently rub off the old finnish... Ya have to be carefull removing the finnish from old bamboo rods because of the adheasive used to glue the blank togather was normally a animal based glue such as horse hide glue or something else...

[kbproctor]

I did not try to remove the finish on the old rod I just re-did. I carefully sanded the old finish with 220 then 400 grit sand paper to smooth things out and applied 5, maybe 6 coats of a wipe on gloss polyurethane. I used 4/0 steel wool between coats.

It came out just fine.

[bugman]

stop teasing... now put on some more pictures... looks good...

[Yaffle]

Looks really good! This is how I did a rod in the past and I was pleased with the result. I had just one little (actually big) problem, I sanded a litle too much near the tip which created qa week spot that eventually broke. For this one, I may try the stripping method, I just didn't know if others were doing it this way.