Can veneered furniture be refinished?
Yes. Veneered furniture cannot be dipped and that is where the myth that it can’t be refinished started. We do not dip, so refinishing veneer is no problem for us, except on some of the newer pieces that are veneered over particle board. Even some of those pieces can be refinish, but it has to be done a certain way. The older furniture is veneered over a solid wood substrate which is never a problem to be refinished. Some of the nicest furniture ever made has veneer on it. Veneer is used to make very fancy pieces and it dates back to the earliest years of furniture construction. One of the ways to make a magnificent looking piece is to use veneer. The idea that if furniture is veneered it is cheap is not true in many cases.
