How To Refinish An Old Wooden Front Door
This will make it easier to complete the project and ensure an even application of all your materials.
How to refinish an old wooden front door. A wood entry door takes a lot of abuse from the elements. If you want to know how to restain a door i have a quick solution that ll work for most stained wood front doors. With the door resting on padded sawhorses use a random orbit sander with 80 grit paper to quickly remove what remains of the old varnish and sun baked flakes of wood. To begin to refinish a wood door you will need to remove it from the exterior door frame.
Sand the flats photo by kit latham. You can give your dry and sun bleached wood door a quick easy makeover in less than a day. 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. Sun wind and rain all cause the finish to deteriorate and wood to crack.
Before refinishing this scarred and flaking entry door painting contractor john dee sets it on padded sawhorses and takes off the hardware. Flat head screwdriver sawhorses tack cloth cotton rag fine grit sandpaper. And you don t have to strip any of the old stain off or even remove the door. How often you need to refinish the door depends upon the quality of the original stain.
Cost skill level start to finish 2 days. Refinish a solid wood front door by following these easy steps. The most common repair that needs to be done on antique doors is usually patching old hinge gains and latch holes with a wood dutchman.