Clean up timber before thicknessing

Hi All,

I have long term loan of my father-in-law’s GMC thicknesser. So far I’ve put some ironbark floorboards through it without trouble.

My next job is reclaiming some old slash pine floorboards, which have a 2 pack finish on them. I’ve started cleaning the finish off with the belt sander. It’s not too much trouble & helps me find any leftover bits of nail etc.

I’m assuming that it would be best not to put paint etc through the thicknesser, but just asking is that what everyone else would do?

Thanks,

Peter