Paint / Varnish Stripper

Can anyone point me in the direction of a household paint stripper (or similar) which will help me remove varnish from wood?

You could ask at the paint counter at OBI, if no one here can help you. My sister in the US used a citrus varnish stripper last summer that was non-toxic to re-finish her coffee table. But it was a LOT of work because she had to scrape the old varnish off for hours after applying the stripper, and even though it was non-toxic, the fumes were still pretty nasty.

Have you considered using a sander instead? I’m planning to re-finish a dining table at some point and was thinking about getting this one, which is surprisingly quite cheap, because it seems like it would be a lot faster and with no nasty fumes or chemicals. You could probably also rent a sander for very cheap on a site like sharely.ch (a tool-sharing website):

Bosch multi-sander
https://www.amazon.de/-/en/gp/produc…KR8XB7XF&psc=1

Using an electric heat gun and scraper before sanding will make it easier, just be careful if it is lead based pain.

I think he said it was varnish.