<div>John -</div> <div> </div> <div>Stripping is a HUGE undertaking, and while it certainly may be called for (you can see it, we can't), I would definitely try wet-sanding a piece or two to see if this might level out the finish satisfactorily without spending 100+ hours of work.  Depending on just how rough it is, start with 320-400 to level, then move to 600, then 800.  Finish with 4/O steel wool, all done "wet" (with lubricant), in the direction of the grain.  Suitable lubricants can be 1) water-based: wol-wax, wool lube, murphy's oil soap thinned with water; or 2) solvent based: mineral spirits, naptha, paraffin oil, etc.   If you are incredibly lucky (it happens!), it will look great.  If not, well....</div> <div> </div> <div>Mark Potter<BR><BR><B><I>John Ross <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16481" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Someone had heard that they could refinish their piano with Tung oil.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Instead of using 0000 steel wool, a few times, with a rubout and dry, between coats, which does give a quite nice finish.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>They did three coats, but used a brush, and didn't rub out between coats. The result is a thick non smooth finish.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>What is the best way out of this, to end up as it should have been?</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>What can be used as a stripper? </FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I was thinking strip, then use the 0000 steel wool, as should have been done initially.</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></FONT></STRONG></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>