Quote Originally Posted by angrybear View Post
Surely oil actually soaks in to the grain of the wood and therefore can't be "stripped" in the same way as a varnish can
True but to clean up an oil finished stock sugarsoap is the way to go. It's amazing the gunk that collects in the grain of oil finished stocks. You can only clean up the surface of course. I thought this was what the OP wanted. Cleaning off old varnish "whatever" is a different ball game.