Dipping more than just doors?

[compact]

I live in an old (110) terrace and doing it up.
I am thinking of dipping the doors.
The surrounds are very intricate, can you dip these as well?
Do people?

 

[Scrit]

By "intricate bits" do you mean the architraves (the mouldings around the door casings)? If so, yes, they can be dipped. They are normally only nailed in place (into the edges of the casing) and they are generally quote easy to remove - just watch out for panel pins nailed through the corners of the mitre joints which some joiners did before MitreMate was invented

BTW the best strippers don't dip, they use a brush-spray type of system which is much less likely to damage the door and joints. Prolonged dipping can sometimes cause hide glue joints to fail - not good!

Scrit

 

[compact]

Yes that's what I ment, hard to remove by sanding etc.
Will dip.

Cheers

 

[Thermo]

before you take them off to dip them, mark a roman numeral in the top of each door with a chisel. that way when they come back you will know which door goes where