Restoring Old Interior Doors
Remove as much of the old.
Restoring old interior doors. On this weekend workbench segment blake sloane of the rebuilding exchange helps ryan restore a sad old door without sanding stripping or any hard chemical. Apply final coat and reattach hardware after the finish has dried overnight gently hand sand it with 220 grit paper. Carefully remove the wood cover of the casement operator or other piece of trim and use it to match the stain. Take off all the door hardware including the knob hinges and latch with a screwdriver.
Lat it flat on a pair of sawhorses and cover the ground with a drop cloth. Wearing gloves pour some wax and polish remover into a bowl. When that s dry. It s easy to fix the finish on windows when it begins to flake and fade.
Scraping sanding and restaining will only take about one hour. And your natural finish will look like new. How to restore wood doors 1. Take a pad of fine steel wool to.
The screws used in the construction of this timber door were counter bored and the heads should have. If the door has a window. Pull the hinge pins and take the door down. Deep clean wood doors.
How to restore old doors 1. Brush on the second coat following the same order and let it dry overnight. In this video i use inexpensive trim to update an old door in my house.