"frank1492" wrote

As you can see, it's pretty nasty:
http://s132.photobucket.com/albums/q...F4160Small.jpg

Yup, same pic. Thats a sanding job if it's not veneer and it looks like it
isnt. You'd be able to tell best on that. I wouldnt bother to chemically
strip first. That just means the dust when you sand will have chemical
stripper in it when you breathe.

The black marks look like long term water damage whuich will be deep. Wood
bleaches unlikely to work IMHO. They may lighten it, but it's gonna come
back. Those can go quite deep.