It would help to have a pic.It would also help to know what kind of stripper you used and what kind of "fake mineral spirits"?

It's possible that when wiping with the mineral spirits and steel wool you just loosened more paint that was in the pores of the wood leaving the streaks.You failed to say what color the doors are painted.The details make a lot of difference.

I don't have a photo on my phone, will need to wait until I get home. But the stuff I bought is Klean Strip Odorless Mineral Spirits: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Klean-Strip-1-qt-Green-Odorless-Mineral-Spirits-QKGO75001/100677235

The doors/trim are painted varying shades of white and what I would call "landlord white," that dull tan-looking white that probably hides a lot of dirt.

It looks really lovely when it was wet, but as it dried the white showed up.

Thanks!

Not sure exactly what this stuff is, but the MSDS and other sources indicate that it mostly water, which could be problematic interacting with your newly stripped surface. A picture would help, but you can also do a couple of experiments. In a small area try rinsing the stripped surface with real mineral spirits or paint thinner (make sure it's listed as flammable on the label) and 0000 steel wool or a green scotchbrite pad. Also try the same thing with methanol and with your paint stripper. I'm betting the white stuff will disappear with one of them. I like methanol for the final cleanup after a methylene chloride (dichloromethane) based stripper. (Work with lots of ventilation and an appropriately labeled respirator, obviously)

It may just be residual paint that was relatively transparent when wet but turned white on drying. If so, keep stripping. It often takes three scrub and rinse steps after all obvious paint is gone to get rid of the haze-- and you never completely get rid of it, but it does then disappear when the piece is finished, just like when wet. You'll want to test in a non-obvious area.

If you're going to use a water based finish (I wouldn't) after stripping you may want to use scotchbrite pads rather than steel wool so that you don't end up with rusty spots in your final finish from tiny bits of residual steel wool.

Thank you! I will try this. I keep forgetting to take pictures ... am somehow managing to ignore the giant mess in the dining room.

That's an odd product I have not seen before. Not having looked at the MSDS, just looking at the HD description, if it's 65% less VOCs that sure is consistent with being partly water. Mineral spirits would be basically 100% VOCs. I concur the water based solvent interacted with the stripper or paint residue.

Make sure you ventilate well and no flames, pilot lights, etc. when you're using the real stuff. It's not incredibly volatile but better safe than sorry.

Sorry for the delay. Here is a photo where some of the paint has been stripped but I haven't gone over it with anything.

Here is a photo where I scrubbed with the Home Depot stuff and steel wool. It appears that the darker wood is just a stain and the wood is actually a lighter color. All of which is fine ...and my husband points out we can always just paint white over it again. I'd just like to see this through because now I can envision it with the darker color and I just can't quite get there.

Oh bouy,I can see why you are upset. Before getting mixed up in this I'd like to know if you desire to finish this so that it appears old and rustic ( that's to say some old finish remains on it). If you don't like rustic farmhouse you may as well start sanding and painting.

It looks like you didn't have the white paint completely stripped off. You weren't even close actually. As klem1 says, maybe that's the effect you were looking for. So when you added the odorless mineral spirits, it started dissolving what was left of the paint and it/you spread it around in a milky mess.

You'll probably have good results if you start the stripping process again and this time take everything off. Then use [real] mineral spirits after any visible paint is completely removed.

Klean Strip [Green] Odorless Mineral Spirits

It’s a unique, patent-pending formula that
has no hazardous air pollutants, no ozone depleting chemicals and 65%
fewer VOCs than regular mineral spirits. It’s also made with 65% more
renewable resources and produces 65% lower fumes than traditional
mineral spirits.

"Green" stuff, especially when I need a chemical always makes worry about what I'm actually going to get.

The question I have is if the regular (not green) odorless (or less odorous) mineral spirits is any different than regular mineral spirits in this application or any other.

Ok, thank you. Looks like I need to go back to square one and strip the paint more. This is turning into quite the project!