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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lark, post: 4394125, member: 13605&quot;]I think it is important to try to save the original finish on a piece like this. I confess to refinishing a number of pieces in this shape back in the 70&#039;s because I didn&#039;t know any better. I regret it now. My cousin use to refinish pieces for my mom&#039;s antique store and when she tired of stripping off all the old finishes she began using diluted ammonia and rubbing down the the piece . She found it softened the finish, cleaned it and then sort of spread the finish back over the piece smoothly. After it dried it was like she had put a new coat of finish. She was very good at it. Ammonia is paint thinner . Some of the pros may have a different idea. I have done this technique on boxes but not large pieces.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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