I waxed and polished two of the dining room chairs. Doing them all is going to take longer than I expected and I'm not convinced it's worth the time and effort, as compared to only giving them a good wipe down with regular furniture polish. They may not need so much attention. I'll wait until tomorrow to decide, when I can see them in the daylight.
It's probably worth your time!
Our dining table and chairs are solid walnut, made locally in Indiana. Walnut is a cheap wood here, second cheapest only to oak of various sorts.
I/we have been doing the perfunctory wipe down thing with oils for years and I would like to take the time to give them a good "strip" with alcohol to remove buildups in the corners and restore them properly.
This is the highest quality furniture we own.
Our master bedroom suite is cherry on the outside, but poplar drawers and backings, made around the turn of this century with not that great of joinery if you look closely. It is strong and it looks nice, but not heirloom quality like our dining room.
Mostly flat surfaces do not build up anything, so the oils have kept all of it looking good.
We also have a really nice maple rocker that was handmade by my wife's great, great grandfather (not sure how many greats it takes to get to the 1850s), who was an accomplished woodwright in his day.
That is a piece that has been refinished a number of times that I would love to re-do again, but do it right this time.
I forgot, we also have a very ornate, curved top cedar chest that he made, before the family migrated from the Pennsylvania Dutch communities to Indiana. Being a large heavy item, it needs some repair to the fancy inlay work he did, when that gets a restore.