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Have you tried scraping it? If its soft it might be some sort of wax which will clog up pads. Try a blade and see if it will scrape off before going at it with chemicals?
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Wax is the worst of those,, it'll definitely gum up even very low grit paper, it is reversible with white spirit (test on small area loads of it, does it come off on rags etc)- but even white spirit isn't what it was . Having a paint system to go over it (if it is wax) is a tricky manoeuvre
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next up would be mentholated spirit then cellulose thinners (but that's a bit 'i pitty the fool') the outlier is clean spirit - a scrubbing brush of sorts (nail brush) or even wirewool will help work it in to then wipe off with rag
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A cabinet scraper for the flat parts. You need to learn how to prepare the blade but it's doable with a vice, file and a hardened screwdriver. You could get a curvy one to try on the mouldings but that's going to be tricky.
It doesn't look like it needs much scraping if you could get a primer to stick to it that might be the way to go.
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I’ve got stuff I order online that strips stuff no bother.
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want to strip this back to a wood finish. Sanding is very slow going and almost useless on the beading. Any suggestions for a chemical stripper? I'm not sure if it's lacquer or varnish or wax. Leaning towards lacquer. Certainly gums up sanding discs well enough.
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