question on staining/painting furnature

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Originally Posted by cigarmonkel

I suppose our best bet would be to take it into home depot with us when we look for paint for our new place and ask them what they think. Thanks for all the help guys!

If you do that, also take it to some place like ACE or Lowes or a paint store and get their opinion too before doing anything.

The type of knowledge you're looking for (identifying an old coating properly) with that kind of a question can sometimes be difficult to find at these types of places.

Sure, they get classes on what goes with what and what paint for what application and so on, but what you're asking is a little bit different.