On May 5, 8:04 pm, Mikepier wrote:
I'm not familiar with Rock Miracle, so I looked at their website. Which
product did you
use?

This is the product I usedhttp://www.rockmiracle.com/productdetail.asp?cid=8&pid=45

It is a methylene chloride paste like you mentioned, but like I said
it did not come off easy on the flat parts of the door.
For the molding, I tried using my plumbers torch to heat the old
varnish a bit, then use a soft wire brush, but it seemed not to come
off clean plus I had to be careful not to burn the wood.
I do have a Dremel tool. Just a basic model. Maybe they have bits for
this purpose?

I'm not sure why you'd want to use such toxic chemicals in the first
place. Peel-Away makes a whole line of strippers that work on just
about anything and most of them are non-toxic. http://www.dumondchemicals.com/html/peelaway.htm
For a door such as yours the materials would cost about 30 bucks,
you'd slather the stuff on, cover it with the fabric and go away for a
day. When you strip off the fabric the next day almost all of the
varnish would come with it, and what was left is easily scraped off
with a profiled scraper.

You have a nice door. It does look like mahogany. Don't mess it up
with gouges and scrapes. Don't paint the panels and stain the rest.

R