On 05/05/2021 19:01, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 05/05/2021 17:42, alan_m wrote:
On 05/05/2021 16:31, Tricky Dicky wrote:

There are plenty of companies that will strip down old doors using a
dipping process. Might be worthwhile doing and you might discover the
door is in better condition than you imagine.

Or you may find the reason it was painted in the first place


oh yes. Pine was the MDF of the victorian age, and they spent a long
time covering up its awfulness.


I was "persuaded" once to strip stair spindles and banister back to
wood. This was on something built a year before Queen Victoria's death.
It was a exercise in complete frustration. The top layer of paint did
come off with a liquid paint stripper to find that the undercoat was
similar to tar. All skirting/picture rail etc seems to have painted in a
thick dark brown varnish. Getting a few stair spindles back to near
wood revealed poor quality wood and assembled with clout nails with nail
holes filled with a a putty. I had the mistake of not just checking a
small section before applying the paint stripper to most of the woodwork
on the stairs.

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