Furniture, Wood and Cabinetry Finishing - Wood entertainment center, want black

I have a medium sized (36 inches wide, 6 feet tall) entertainment shelving unit that is wood, currently stained cherry color. I would like to make it black but am not sure how.

I have refinished an oak dining room table but basically just sanded it down, then restained and put a protective coat of varnish on.

I can't sand this whole entertainment center, is there a way to strip off the stain or can I just apply black stain over the current cherry stain. THERE IS NO VARNISH/LAQUER on the piece, it has no protective coat.

Thanks much.

I don't know how well it would accept a coat of stain since it has already been stained. If you want it black why not paint it with black enamel? Oil base will adhere better and dry to a harder finish. It will likely require 2 coats with some sanding to make it smooth.

buy some black stain and try it.
the worst thing is that it doesnt work.
since you didnt have a top coat to begin with , you probably will
not worry about having a top coat on the black stain.
just be sure that the bottom that contacts with your floor/rug, is
completely dry before returning to it's place.

You might experiment with black paint to see if it dries truly black. I built a project for a customer a few years back, and went through several brands of paint before finding a black that was truly black.

Hope this helps.

chfite makes a good point. just as different brands of white are a different color white so do blacks differ.