Any Joiners Out There

[Ric.ror]

I have made a dreadful mistake.
I have tried to strip the paint from my staircase and it's a dreadful mess
How much approx would it cost to replace the banister and spindles?
It's an average size semi

TIA

[melv16]

What have you been using to strip the woodwork?

[Ric.ror]

Paint stripper but it's all clumpy in the joints and it's all patchy

[Ric.ror]

To be honest I'm not sure how to remove the paint stripper
I have been using a scrapper and a triangle thing but it gets all stuck up with the paint

[melv16]

Try a hot air stripper and a combination shave hook.

[trt]

Buy a cheap paint remover gas flame cannister, but dont set the house on fire.

[ummmm]

It's a slow process. When I did mine I must have used at least 3 coats of paint stripper, a heat gun and various sanding tools.

[Ric.ror]

I've got a hot air gun but I dare not use it as I've used so much paint stripper
I honestly wish I'd never started this thing

[ethandron]

Ric, we had all our twiddly turned spindles replaced with plain square ones last autumn, twenty of them, and it cost £290. We kept the bannister and the newel posts top and bottom.
The bannister and newel posts shouldn't be too difficult a job to rub down and refinish, the spindles would be a nightmare..well, they would for me, I wouldn't contemplate doing them.

[Old_Geezer]

There are different paint strippers out there. you could try a websearch. I used one called strip away last time I needed one and it seemed to do a decent job. No stripper is perfect though (especially as any decent one is banned on H&S grounds) and liberal use of an abrasive paper is often a good idea. I can't believe you have done sufficient damage to require an expensive replacement though. Worse comes to worst you can always just paint all over the top again.

[trt]

You could just cover the spindles with hardboard or grained ply, then paint or wood stain.

[The Builder]

Assuming it's just one straight flight, ethandron's figure would seem about right. It's quite a time-consuming job.

Maybe around £350 if the handrail is replaced as well. Allow even more for turned spindles.