Wood doors are a welcoming and classy sight in any home.
How to restain a french door.
With water based varnishes re application on outdoor surfaces is a fact of life.
Inexpensive and relatively easy to install many of today s unfinished wood doors come prehung in their own jambs and they fit standard doorway rough openings.
French doors are an investment that is well worth the work of refinishing if you find a set in need of care.
You can give your dry and sun bleached wood door a quick easy makeover in less than a day.
Some of the old wood from 50 years ago or longer is harder than today s wood and will stand up to refinishing beautifully.
Take the time to restain it and you will be proud of yourself for completing a good project and saving money.
If you want to know how to restain a door i have a quick solution that ll work for most stained wood front doors.
And you don t have to strip any of the old stain off or even remove the door.
At the end of the re application my door was as good as new.
Choose a finish and apply first coat.
How to stain an interior door.
How to stain wood doors.
So i did a minor touch up by re sanding the door applying the stain where needed then applying new coats of varnish.
This is a lot less work than staining the door originally so it wasn t too bad.
Then put the door back on its hinges before applying the first coat.
If you want to clean up old doors or finish new doors learning to stain the properly is a great diy project for experienced home improvement experts and.
Otherwise there s no practical way to rehang the door without damaging the finish.
While it s still on the sawhorses seal the door s bottom and top edges with a coat of finish.