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Cost of Refinishing an Oak Entertainment Stand?

I live in a small town so I don't even have an option of calling a place around here, and the closest big city is an hour away. I have a large oak entertainment stand that has a fish tank on it, and the water from the tank has damaged one whole section of it. It's fairly old and needs to be refinished anyway (It's still very solid and useful), but I was just wondering if anyone can direct me to a site where there are steps to refinishing a stand or desk myself or approximate costs of taking it to a professional?

The website below has the details to how to really do a good job of refinishing your unit. As far as the cost to do it yourself it would depend on how many of the materials needed you already have and the size of the unit. You also need a place that is well ventilated and covered.

Below is just an excerpt of many, many more pages and more steps in the process.

"Removing the Old Finish
When refinishing furniture, you must do the most unpleasant part of the job first. Removing the old finish can be a cumbersome and messy task. For a while early in the process, until you start getting down to the wood underneath the mess, you may feel that you have completely ruined the piece. Have patience. Once you finally get to the point of final sanding the wood, you will have graduated from making a mess to creating a masterpiece. When you’re finished, you’ll be proud of what you were able to create.

You can remove old paint and varnish in a couple of different ways, primarily by sanding and by the use of chemical strippers. Heat guns can also be used for stripping, and are sometimes used as a supplement to the other methods in the removal of a particularly stubborn finish.

Sanding is a good method only if you have good sanding equipment and are experienced in the use of such equipment. If you are trying to remove an old finish by hand sanding or with a common orbital finishing sander, you’ll work yourself into a puddle and waste a lot of sandpaper. On the other hand, belt and disk sanders can remove finishes quickly, but since they are capable of removing so much material, you must be very careful not to disfigure the piece by sanding too deeply. It is also difficult to sand varnish from round or decoratively curved areas such as turned table legs.

Chemical strippers, commonly called "paint strippers," are an effective means of removing paint and varnish from wood furniture or projects. Using these chemicals is probably the fastest and easiest method for most people. Despite what you may read on the back of a can, if you want to do a really good job, some sanding will still be required after the old finish is removed by the stripper. "

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