well one of the reasons we would strip a pieceof furniture would be, and why would be important, would be if that finish is disintegratingthen, as a rule, you would have to. most of your glues would be drying out so you'd wantto take that finish off, get those glues all restored and repair what has to be repairedand then put your new finishes, back on, after you've got your new glues back in there. inthis particular case, this piece was in a
old woodworking tools wanted uk, fire and it was a sentimental piece, to thepeople, and they wanted to have that piece stripped but it had been burned pretty muchup and this is the top from it so we've had to go back and take this finish off, whichshe's doing right now, with steel wool and environmental safe stripper, that we use onit.