What should I do with American Chestnut interior trim
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I bought a Dutch Colonial home that was built in 1928. The interior trim is American Chestnut. It is a bit banged up. What can I do to refinish it?
I bought a Dutch Colonial home that was built in 1928. The interior trim is American Chestnut. It is a bit banged up. What can I do to refinish it?
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Strip it off to raw wood and start the staining/ polyurethane process from scratch.