Morris Minor Owners Club

Hi, Yet another Milly the traveller question. Hard to believe I'am back at the computer after a week away at work with loads of questions again. Anyway, I want to go out and buy the bleaching stuff for the travller wood but didn't see it in Woodies and similar. What do I have to ask for exactly and is it a sort of specilist item ????

Ta.

I used Oxalic Acid from A G Woodcare. It didn't quite get all of the stains out though, even after days of repeat applications.

years agfo in the trade we used to use lemon juice to get stains out of timber, be careful of bleach as it can when used to much destroy the fibres and cell structure in the wood

Lemon Juice ??? Sounds a bit Kim and Aggie like. Does that work and if so how would I utilise it ? I have to say it sounds a bit bizzare.

well mock if you like,

Aparently Rustins do a treatment as well thats supposed to be very good.

i have ben in the timber trade all my working life
nuff said

Dennis tried your lemon method, fantastic,We extracted the juice from one lemon, enough for about 4 applications. Most of the dirt,mold etc is removed with only two coats. Great tip,thankyou, it also smells nice!!!!

Ahhhh lemon fresh

How does that lemon method work ? Does it get rid of the black mouldy bits too ?

The trav we were working on had originally been treated with Cuprinol 5 star, Burgess wood sealer, and Sikens Ceetol 7( think thats correct). This in my experience was the worst way to go as the wood was black on all faces within 3 months. (yes we did follow the instructions). We had to strip this off and redo in my prefered way, the Cuprinol Burges sealer then a good quality gloss varnish, this lasted 4 years of daily use and abuse and the trav was never garaged. This trav has now been sold and we needed to freshen up the wood. A sharp scraper was used to remove the varnish folloxed by various grades of production paper on a flat sanding block. Only after this was done did we apply the lemon juice. We tested a 1ft length of the worst affected area (black mould). This was left for about an hour, and we were amazed as to how much the wood had been cleaned. We then applied the second coat again with a 1" brush.
Excellent result, now ready for the prefered re varnish.
Well done Dennis.

Lemon juice sounds like a good idea to me, and i will give it a go on my trav in the summer, but one question....

What with all the sugar and various other odds and sods in the juice wont it leave a sticky residue? if so whats the best way of getting rid of it before revarnishing??

well shall i say told u so

dont have to use expensive treatments and bleachs

We should have known from te start to ask the expert!

well thank you onne

just wish i could weld

aupickup wrote:just wish i could weld

So does Onne

Indeed I can weld two pieces of scrap metal together now!

Anyone got a two scrap minors to weld together?

Yes!

Dennis put a post up in useful tips as this sounds the tip of the year especially as it uses a natural product thats easier to get hold of than any of the other products and its obviously economical to use, I assume you just rinse it with water once its done its job.

No sticky residue is left on the wood, once its dry just finish flatting with fine 180 paper for a super smooth finish. I'll let you know of any reactions to Cuprinol,Burgess, and Dulux.