Victorian bannister & spindles - taking out & puttin

[versioncity]

I'd like to completely strip the victorian staircase in my house.

I've done most of the actual stairs & sides however I'd like to do the bannister & spindles as well. It would make sense to me (?!) to have the spindles dipped & then replace them.

has anyone got any experience of taking the bannister, posts & spindles apart & then replacing them?

I've also got a balcony bannister which goes into the wall at either end - any idea how you deal with this?

can do some pics if it helps.

Any advice appreciated

 

[big-all]

pictures may help but if they are glued in forget it unless you are prepared to redo most

 

[skodaman007]

if they come out easily,go ahead but remember they have been there for a long time and the last thing you want to do is damage it.

i have considered donig that in my house for 0.0004 seconds

so i stripped all the wood in place,although a long boring job it now looks superb.

 

[versioncity]

The idea of stripping over 100 spindles in place is more scary to me than trying to remove them & get them dipped.....

 

[gwernybwch]

I'd like to completely strip the victorian staircase in my house.

has anyone got any experience of taking the bannister, posts & spindles apart & then replacing them?

Did you take out any of the bits after? Was it a difficult job?