On Friday, March 26, 2010 at 5:23:43 PM UTC, chudford wrote:
My Daughter has just bought an old house with oak beams that have been
coated in thick black paint/varnish.
Is there any way that they can be stripped back to the original wood
surface in situ without wrecking the surrounding ceiling?

If you don't want the mess of stripping or sand blasting, try this company: www.pillarpost.co