I had this piece come back from a gallery and it looked terrible. While the finish still looked like glass, the color underneath had become blotchy on one side. Decided to risk stripping the finish because there was no way I was letting it out of the shop looking like it did.
John Keeton recommended using some type of citrus stripper to remove the polyurethane instead of sanding. Found a product called Citristrip at Lowes and it worked great on the poly but nothing I had touched the dye. I ended up doing a lot of light sanding just to rough up the grain because I wanted to try and add a little color to it.
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As always, your comments, opinions and critiques are welcome!
Thanks for looking!