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Finishing Touch on Oak Tables and Chair Seats
Reader asks how to lighten a dark oak table and remove white paint from a light oak piece. Advice notes fumed oak common in Mission Oak era and warns against lightening finishes. Recommends turpentine with fine steel wool and paste wax, plus filler to level grain after stripper use. Also suggests brass brush method for paint removal and guides to find authentic signed pieces. Provides supplier tip for round leather chair seats and mentions mail address for Finishing Touch submissions.