The following is from a posting on a professional finishing website conversation. Dick, a finisher, took in a job to “clean up” or refinish a piece of furniture. The customer was then unhappy with the cleaner look:

>>" Dear Groop:  I now have it back in my shop to try to make it look old ------ help. Dick"

[Dick may have been heavy handed in his processes, though he said he wasn't, or the piece may have just had a lot of age related marks and coloring that were lost in a normal refinishi...