Stripping and Refinishing Furniture
If you want to apply a new wood finish to furniture it has to be stripped to bare wood. If all you want to do is repaint the piece it only needs to be properly scraped, cleaned and sanded before application. Stripping away the old finish is a messy process, however, it's necessary for a professional result. Although stripping wood furniture is an arduous process it's well worth it to recapture the original beauty of the wood.
Strippers come in a paste or liquid form. Paste strippers are
