Restoring stained doors and window woodwork

[AlanAudio]

I have just moved into a house where all the interior doors, skirting boards and windows were stained a medium dark colour. Unfortunately in many places, wear has resulted in the original wood colour showing through.

How to I go about getting them looking good again ?

If I were to simply use a similar finish all over, would the currently bare parts return to more or less their previous glory, or do I have to treat them in a special way first ?

Stripping the finish off might be tricky as most of the doors are glazed with 15 panes in a 3x5 arrangement.

 

[joe-90]

They'll come back good as new if you know what they were coated with originally.

 

[AlanAudio]

Fortunately the previous owner left a load of old paint tins in the garage. I won't use the crusty contents, but I'll try and match up what was used where and get the same thing again.

 

[joe-90]

Just sand down with one of those sponge sanding blocks without scratching the glass.