A friend of mine had an old nautical chart of Cohasset Harbor mounted to a piece of wood. It used to have a lobster glued onto it, however, when the lobster broke the chart was left with chunks of epoxy all over it. Since this piece held sentimental value for my friend, I agreed to remove the epoxy and resurface the clear coat. Here are the results.
Before refinishing
Epoxy glue used to hold lobster on
Sanded epoxy with 100 Grit sand paper
Sanded entire chart with 320 Grit Sandpaper.
Taped off rope and used Minwax clear gloss polyurethane.
Shining like new
One step that I forgot to take a picture of was removing all traces of dust particles from the surface. I used a tack cloth to do this. Also the sand marks may show through after the first coat but if you do 2 or 3 coats it should be perfect. Just make sure to sand with 320 between coats and use tape or tack cloth to get dust off. A paper towel will not cut it.
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