How To Refinish Interior Wood Doors
Remove door hardware photo by kit latham.
How to refinish interior wood doors. Wait for a few minutes and while the wood is wet use a clean cotton lint free cloth to wipe away the dirt and grease from the wood door. Wipe the dust from the door with a slightly damp rag. To refinish means you must take off the previous finish.
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 the stain on one face of the door in long even strokes working with the grain of the wood. Sand the flats photo by kit latham.
Use wood cleaner to clean all dirt grime oils and bird poo off the door. Don t kill yourself trying to do this in place take down one or two doors at a time and do it on sawhorses in the garage. Once it has completely dried sand the entire door lightly with 120 grit sandpaper.
Refresh the old finish a little. Spread a coat of gel type stain on the surface of the door using a brush. Use a stain brush for liquid stain and a soft cotton cloth for gel stain.
Rinse the finish with a rag dampened in mineral spirits. You don t want to damage the doors you just need to remove the old finish. If the door casings are stained rather than painted you will want to do the same thing to them.
How to refinish a wood door 1. Before refinishing this scarred and flaking entry door painting contractor john dee sets it on padded sawhorses and takes off the hardware. Take a pad of fine steel wool to swab the surface with the solution working with the grain.