Ziggy and Vergil on chairs

Dan and I began refinishing two old wooden kitchen chairs by applying stripper and mineral spirits. The stripper causes the lacquer finish on the chairs to bubble up and liquefy. We scraped gently with putty knives and rubbed vigorously with rags dipped in the mineral spirits. And here are my cats, black Ziggy and red mackeral tabby Vergil. They are male, as are their names, though people don't always make the connection.