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new each week through your column. Center Rd 75
Thanks. Todd
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Todd - Nice to hear about your
A. recycling efforts. Keep up the 41 North Port
good work. Assuming the original
finish on your Boston rocker is shellac
the only way to clean it properly is Hillsborough Blvd
with denatured alcohol, but you have Port Charlotte
to be very careful you don’t get into 41
the stencil itself. Be sure you have
fresh denatured alcohol. After sitting Veterans Blvd Tamiami Trail Midway Blvd
on the shelf in the garage for a while it
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for use as a solvent. Use a wadded- 4
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you may want to repad the area with
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alcohol doesn’t cut the grime it may Airport
be that the overcoat was lacquer or 6 Punta
varnish. In that case follow the same Gorda