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Others will be able to correct me, but when varnish is a bit tacky like that sometimes you're best off scrapping it off - otherwise the sandpaper is forever getting clogged.
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Yep I'd be scraping. My only experience of this is using old tins of varnish.
@NurseHolliday If you ever suffer from people(children) spilling liquids then I'd go varnish again to protect the wood properly, probably with a spar poly varnish. Oil just doesn't protect wood as well, and I've ended up with light water marks.
Grumpy_Git
Has anyone got any suggestions on what oil or varnish to use on a wooden dining table?
It was "refurbished" and varnished about 10 years ago and it has always been a bit tacky in places but over the years the tackiness has increased and the varnish is now rubbing off.
Planning on sanding it all off and then re-painting the legs but then I don't know what to finish the top with. Varnish again but do a better job or use some sort of finishing oil?