Most furniture restoration shops contain a fireproof cabinet and a lidded metal pail. That’s where they store all the nasty chemicals required for stripping finishes off of furniture pieces, and the oily rags such work generates. But perhaps in time, those items will all be replaced by this thing:
That’s a Jetlaser, made by Germany’s 4JET. It boasts a high-powered laser that pulsates, and here’s what it can do:
As you can see, it simply vaporizes the finish. That being the case, you certainly don’t want to be breathing that stuff in: This is the recommended safety set-up.
More applications:
These are targeted at industrial customers; the entry-level models start at €50,000 (USD $54,533).
