I'm buying a house that has a open-beam ceiling in the living room. They recently sandblasted it down to the bare wood and then whitewashed it. I don't care for it myself and am wondering if there is a way to take the whitewash color off and get back to the bare wood (or something close) so I can stain it to a darker (regular) wood color. Does the whitewash just sit on top of the wood or does white actuall soak in? I can still see the grain through the white so I know it's not paint. Would a paint remover or some sort of chemical stripper work?
Monty