My guess is you needed more stripper as in second coat (really depends on
the stripper and old finish). Its also important to rinse off the stripper
before it drys with what ever the stripper recommends. I find mineral
spirits usually works. That should leave a fairly clean surface if all the
old finish has been scraped/rinsed off. 60 grit is awfully aggressive.
When I said lightly sand I was thinking 180/220 grit. Sounds like you still
had a lot of goop left on the wood if you had to go after it with 60 grit.
However, don't be dissuaded, some of the best woodworkers are self-taught
and nothing teaches better than mistakes.
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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