My wife and I have inherited some furniture, maple I believe. We’ve been refinishing it on the weekends. Up until saturday things were going just swimingly, then the stain in a quarter sized area would not take. It stayed tacky long after the rest was dry. We tried to just put the polyurethane on and hopefully it would aid in the process next thing we knew the area was blistering. Since I’ve resanded and followed up with chemical stripper, only to have the same result as the earlier attempt. I was hoping someone could offer a suggestion as to what could be doing this. And what should I do. I was thinking laquer thinner but if that doesn’t work I’ll be sanding again. Any suggestions are appreciated thanks
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Can only think of two possibilities.
1. It's a silicone oil stain. Does water bead off of it differently from the rest of the wood? If so, sand it until that doesn't happen any more.
2. It's left over stripper (don't see how this would occur in only one spot, but who knows). Neutralize with vinegar. Wipe vinegar off with mineral spirits.
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it sort of bubbles with stain on it. I'm going to try to sand it out like you said and use vineager and follow up with mineral spirits. Thanks