Reply by Rostasteve

Thanks all for sharing your experiences and advice! I ordered GF pre-stain, stain, and poly (all oil-based) from Rockler, it’ll take a week to get here but I have plenty of sanding to do. Minwax is going back to Lowes. Also picked up lots of 80 grit sandpaper and started sanding down to bare wood per Kenny’s advice…progress is slow, but not as bad as expected.