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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gregsglass, post: 398737, member: 78&quot;]Hi,</p><p>&nbsp; I was debating with myself when I stripped the woodwork in my 1810 house. The woodwork and stairs were chestnut. It took me almost a year to strip all of the wood in the house. The longest was the double staircase with four spindles on each step. When it was done I finished all the wood with tung oil. I wanted something that would not chip off or turn color from sunlight. There was just a slight sheen to the wood. It looked great for 7 years. We sold the house when we divorced. The young couple who bought the place loved all the woodwork. I went to see the neighbors a few years later. I told them I wanted to look in the windows of my old house. They said do not do it. I was puzzled but went anyway. The couple had painted all the woodwork WHITE. I almost stroked out. I wanted to burn the place down. Especially when the neighbors told me the couple was saving the money up to vinyl side it!!!</p><p>I stripped off aluminum siding when I bought the place under the siding was asbestos cement shingles, under that was asphalt siding then the original wood siding. I filled all the nail holes and restored the original siding. I thought horrible thoughts for months.</p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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