TIL my client's 'vintage' walnut slab was actually a painted piece of plywood from a 1970s bowling alley in Akron.

Last week I spent three hours carefully stripping what I thought was thick lacquer only to find the grain pattern was just a printed photo layer (which honestly explains why the guy only wanted fifty bucks for it).

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lisa_ross1621h ago

Yeah, I've definitely spent more on the stripper than the furniture was worth before.

faith_torres8318h ago

Wait, Lisa, you're mixing up strippers and strippers. A furniture stripper is just the chemical stuff you use to take off old paint. Costs like twenty bucks at the hardware store. You definitely don't tip it at the end of the night.