Stripping Paint from Lloyd Loom

[Ledswinger]

I'm sure its been asked before, but Dejanews has turned up nothing useful.

We're talking about a laundry basket (original Lloyd Loom) which was
re-painted with some nasty gloss paint in about 1958. The "craftsman" who
did this slopped it on good and thick, which has filled some of the
interstitial spaces of the weave, which looks awful. If it weren't for that
I'd just repaint with a suitable spray paint.

The problem is, what happens if I use a conventional paint stripper, given
that the construction is paper around steel wire? Worst case scenario is
that the paper comes off, or the wire rusts, either of which will destroy
the thing.

Cheers,

Led

[Mike]

Is that right ? We have a childs size 'wicker' chair which we were told was
Lloyd Loom - I guess we have been mislead.
We have the same problem with old paint but I guess it can be striped easier
than your paper & wire basket.

Mike S

>that the construction is paper around steel wire? >

>Led
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>

[Ian M. Stewart]

On Sat, 29 Jan 2000 13:31:04 -0000, "Ledswinger"
<Ledsw...@tesco.novemberechotango> wrote:

>I'm sure its been asked before, but Dejanews has turned up nothing useful.

My wife Linda patiently chips away at the paint with assorted old
screwdrivers and other pointy implements. Two chairs so far and part
way through an ottoman. The slightly waxy finish to the original
paper means that the paint chips off quite easily, but it is slow
monotonous work. Linda won't accept any other solution for fear of
damage/incomplete restoration.

HTH

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[Ledswinger]

Ian M. Stewart <i...@stewartim.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:3894bad9...@news.freeserve.net...

> On Sat, 29 Jan 2000 13:31:04 -0000, "Ledswinger"
> <Ledsw...@tesco.novemberechotango> wrote:
>
> >I'm sure its been asked before, but Dejanews has turned up nothing
useful.
>
> My wife Linda patiently chips away at the paint with assorted old
> screwdrivers and other pointy implements. Two chairs so far and part
> way through an ottoman. The slightly waxy finish to the original
> paper means that the paint chips off quite easily, but it is slow
> monotonous work. Linda won't accept any other solution for fear of
> damage/incomplete restoration.
>

Sounds convincing, I'll give it a go! If things get desperate then I may do
something rash, and report back on the consequences.

Led

[Ledswinger]

Mike <sim...@SPAMOFF.clara.co.uk> wrote in message
news:gBTk4.26832$lN.5...@nnrp3.clara.net...

> Is that right ? We have a childs size 'wicker' chair which we were told
was
> Lloyd Loom - I guess we have been mislead.

See:

http://www.lloyd-loom.co.uk/about.htm

ISTR that Lusty's did at some point make furniture out of wicker that had
the Lloyd Loom label on it, but the name was being used as a generic brand,
rather than as a description of the manufacturing process, althought they've
now gone back to the original approach as a njiche market.

Led