She'd say "Just look at me! I know you couldn'’t strip me when we first met but good grief, we'’ve been together for two years. I don't think you are committed to our relationship."
I'd say, "Dram, you know I'm committed, think about all the time I'’ve spent playing with your engine. But yes, you are right, I promise to do something about your appearance as soon as..." She'’d interrupt me with "“there you go, 'as soon as" -– it'’s always one thing or another. It'’s too wet, or too hot, or you have something else to do that's MORE important than me!"
She won; I'm now giving her serious attention. I have her half stripped and struggle to get her totally naked. Even though she wants a new coat she seems to have tight hold of the old. She is probably just shy. However, once in a new coat (actually there will be five) I am sure we will both be happy and ready for more intimate times.
Thus far I've spent three weeks (or more) working on her and expect at least three more. I devote the morning and into the lunch hour each day (when not raining).
The process is tedious and time consuming. Typically the way it works is (1) strip the old varnish with a heat gun, (2) use two applications of chemical stripper to get residual varnish out of the grain, 
(3) sand with coarse sandpaper,(4) sand again with a finer grit, (5) wet sand with a very fine grit - some do not go to this trouble but I like the high smooth gloss achieved, (6) apply three coats of base coat and (7) apply two or three coats of gloss urethane, (8) buff and admire. Then start remounting all the hardware that was removed. Hopefully by putting a coat or two on each year IÂ’ll never have to strip her again.
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