When I look for pieces to restore, I always look for real wood. Wood veneers won't accept any sort of varnish or paint stripper. My goal was to get the dark brown-orange finish off of the bulk of ...

which worked beautifully on other antique wood furniture, but it didn’t get absorbed. Should we try to remove the varnish and if so, how? Or should we just apply a really good beeswax furniture ...

Danish oil isn't necessarily a pure wood oil because it sometimes contains varnish (more on that later). But it's durable, ...