THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, April 8, 2010
IMPROVEMENT101 HOME
Mark@HomeAdditionPlus.com
by Mark Donovan
Contributing Writer
A solid wood door is expensive to replace, re- gardless of whether or not it’s an exterior or interior solid wood door. Consequently wood door restoration is an excel- lent alternative to buying a new replacement door for the do it yourself hom- eowner who’s on a limited budget. I recently went through
a wood door restoration project on a solid 6 panel pine interior door. It was a bathroom door that sat relatively close to a show- er stall. Over the years splashed shower water pitted the inside surface of the stained and poly- urethaned door. It looked spotted and bleached out from all of the moisture that had effectively eaten away at the door’s poly- urethane surface.
Sanding Old Door
After taking the door
off its hinges I brought it into my garage workshop and removed all of its hardware, including the hinge leafs and the door knob. I then placed it down flat on a couple of cloth covered saw horses, and pulled out my dust mask. To remove the old poly-
urethane and stain, I used an orbital sander with 60 grit sandpaper.
I
proceeded to sand down all of the flat surfaces of the door including the rails, stiles, and raised panels. I sanded the door down to bare wood. Next, I hand sanded
all of the corners and recessed raised panel edges using 60 grit sand- paper. Attempting to use an orbital sander in these areas would have been impossible and would have damaged the raised panels.
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I then went back to my
orbital sander and used 120 grit sandpaper on the door’s flat surfaces to create a smooth finish.
Likewise, I also went back and hand sanded the cor- ners and recessed raised panel edges of the door with 120 grit sandpaper
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Staining the Wood Door
After wiping down the
door thoroughly to re- move any dust, I used a sponge brush to apply a Minwax pre-stain condi- tioner solution to the door surface. After letting the pre-
stain soak in for about 10 minutes I wiped the
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