In a fit of frugality (which has lasted almost 50 years) I decided to take
the millwork (polar, originally varnish stained, subsequently painted) from
my parlor and let it spend a winter in the backyard, but off the ground.  I
was pleasantly surprised by how much paint came off before I decided I was
flush enough to spring for having it stripped and refinished in a local shop.
So I sent it off to the shop, where they sanded the bejesus out of everything
(and the profiles off all the moldings) after some sort of dip strip
operation, and charged me a goddam fortune ($4 grand, as I remember) for the
privilege.  It's still sitting in the parlor 2 years later, awaiting
reinstallation.

Hasten not, lest ye be hosed.

Ralph