On 9 Jan 2006 10:10:31 -0800, "Charles Middleton"
wrote:

1. I like a coffee table at Ikea but they dont do it in the colour I
want for my revised lounge decor! So I was thinking about buying it and
attempting to stain it in dark brown! The material is:

Forget it. You'll never get the lacquer off evenly enough to give a good
result.

You might be able to do it with a glaze (effectively a coloured
varnish), but this never looks quite as good.