Our Edwardian house has a lot of woodwork in the hall and on the stairs. We are replacing the carpets and redecorating the walls, so now is the time to repaint the woodwork too. It is all covered in layers upon layers of slightly yellowing gloss, some of it chipped and flaking away.
We would like to keep it, rather than replace, and of course it would be easiest just to paint another layer of gloss over it. But if we wanted to strip all of that gloss off and start again, how would we do it please?