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I found scraping to be an effective way to remove most of the finish. Certainly less messy than the areas where I resorted to citrus stripper.



The top had a few chips in the veneer. I cleaned up the edges and carefully cut patches from some salvaged veneer. After gluing them in, a little trimming and sanding made them almost disappear.


BTW I took the first two pics with natural daylight and the last at night with CFL lighting and a flash. It makes quite a difference !