Thank you, Max, for your response. All good stuff.

A far as light sanding, I found that my chemical stripper left a dirty
surface behind and I needed to sand quite a bit (with a 60 grit) before
I say prestine wood. May be it doesn't need to be prestine? Or may be
I'm refinishing a piece of junk? Or did I underuse the stripper?

Thank you very much again to everyone who responded.

Aaron Fude