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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jeff Drum, post: 1156128, member: 6444&quot;]OK, I&#039;ll be the odd one out. Even though this is 20th century furniture I would suggest NOT refinishing. First of all it is a lot of work - so if you have never done it, don&#039;t start it lightly since it takes a lot of time to do a good job, and the stripper is sloppy and gets over everything, and you&#039;ll do at least some damage to the wood surface by stripping it. A lot of furniture stripping gets started with good intentions, and never finished (ending up in the garage then a landfill). Second, this finish looks to be in good shape with no missing areas. Instead of stripping and refinishing, try this two step process instead.</p><p><br /></p><p>First clean it well - damp rags with small amount of detergent, then once clean go over with a lightly damp rag. Let it dry, then step two is to put on a good coat of wax. I predict it will look great.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I don&#039;t think the &quot;original surface&quot; idea is nonsense. I collect a lot of old painted furniture, and if painted furniture can keep its original finish for 200+ years, then so can unpainted furniture. You wouldn&#039;t recommend stripping old paint, so why recommend stripping old shellac/varnish? Once you start scraping/sanding/steelwooling a wood surface to remove the finish, you will damage it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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