We have a variety of wood that has heavy shellac on it at our house. Much of this finish is globbed on and blotchy and\/or very old and cracked now. I did many tests and we cannot just do a serious clean up of the outer layer and then put another coat or two of shellac on it to preserve the earliest finish. So we are left with stripping (which is easy actually with shellac) and then staining. I really would love to know what specific stain mixtures people have done to various old woods in area homes. We have maple, and some type of fruitwood for the most part in our house. But in the dining room it is all an old oak that has a very dark finish on it. In this room we can probably just clean it up and then polish it somehow. Does anybody have any good ideas for us? We really need them asap. Thanks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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