I just refinished a 1960's kitchen hutch that my wife inherited from her Grandparents. It was originally stained maple and through the years had been repainted various colors.
I sanded the entire hutch with a palm sander using 60 grit, then 120 grit and finally 400 grit sandpaper. I then went over the hutch with a tack cloth to remove any sawdust. Finally, I painted it with a brush using burgundy paint with a satin finish. The paint I used was both a primer and a paint, but it still took me 4 coats to finish it.
We thought about restaining it maple to its original finish, but opted to paint it instead. We are still trying to locate the original hardware, but I think the new knobs and hinges in nickel finish look good. In the before picture below, you can see how it looked after 3 coats of paint as well as the original maple finished had been removed.
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