I applied a coat of Polyshades on top of a cabinet I am refinishing. It looks HORRIBLE! I'm trying to be patient but I have other things to do and don't want to wait a day or two to remove the Polyshades. Can I remove it while it is still wet and tacky using paint stripper? I imagine if possible, it will be quite messy but I don't care about that. I just don't want to cause any damage to the wood.
How to remove polyurethane while it is still wet
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Okay first: don't use PolyShades for anything...ever. Its the worst. Second: Stripper is great except when its not. Sometimes certain strippers react to certain finishes in a way that is...undesirable. Then you have a mess. I've been doing this longer than I care to remember and I still have weird results now and again. No rhyme or reason. CitriStip gel is pretty good, and safer to use than the solvent based variety.
I like to remove finish with a scraper, especially when green. It cuts through the finish quickly and doesn't clog like sand paper. Its a modest investment and learning to sharpen them properly takes a few tricks (see William Ng's tutorial on Youtube) and profiled moldings present a bit of a challenge, but its a skill worth learning if your into working wood. Good luck.