[icelandelf]

I've only stripped furniture once and the only thing I can offer is patience and extra product. We were stripping a ladder back chairs (we picked up these chairs at a rummage sale) and it took several thick applications of the chemical stripper, some sawdust to absorb the sludge and a plastic putty knife to gently scrape. It also didn't help that it looked like there were several layers of paint that had just been painted over. Good luck!!!