Can you refinish Hitchcock Furniture with a stencil under the finish without damaging the painted stencil?

Question by jonathanolsson: Can you refinish Hitchcock Furnishings with a stencil below the finish with out harmful the painted stencil?
I have several items of hitchcock home furniture (dresser, dining space table, coffee table, finish tables) which could use a bit of sprucing up on the table tops. All items have tabletop stenciling. A refinisher I have spoken to has said they can sand and re-laquer with no hurt to the stencil and wished to double check out here to see if that is true.


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Reply by split puppy
Need to be Okay.will call for some care not to hurt the stencil although.
Finisher is possibly referring to cleaning & lightly "scuffing" the existing end to enable a lacquer "overcoat" to be applied.
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