[bridkarl]

Here’s my first attempt ever to replace veneer. Not sure it’s perfect, but now I have to figure out what to do next.  
At least the surface is stabilized.
Maybe the first step is using Citri-strip
followed by 150 and 320 grit sanding followed by a walnut stain???
After an hour with citri-strip applied the surface looks better but no bare wood? Did I just remove the lacquer layer?
Here’s the result after sanding with 220 followed by 340 - utterly smooth- no evidence of patches. Not sure if I should sand down more or just stain as it is.
After first coat of stain followed 
by 0000 steel wool.

I’ll do another coat tomorrow.

Finished for now. Not a good job on the finish, but the veneer is now solid. Stained and two coats of crystal clear poly. Still need to a dial mechanism, but as a bench radio plugged into an iso transformer good enough