This is a pictorial display of some of the Doors I have worked on:
I thought you might
like to know how I restored these Doors!
Well with help I managed to remove the
doors from the frame so as to lay them flat on a work surface.
Then I used a very sharp scraper with
a tungsten carbide blade and began to scrap off all the old finish, once all
the finish was removed, I then switched to use a sander machine using coarse
grade sandpaper.
This removed all the stubborn finish
on the door surface, now once I had a clean surface I changed the sandpaper to
a much finer grade to give me a very smooth finish.
As always I sanded the surface over by
hand using a sanding block in the direction of the grain, this removes the
little scale marks left by the sanding machine.
When I was happy with the result I
selected the stain to be used after staining and when dry I then applied the
first varnish coat, and then subsequent coats in fact three coats on the inside
and four coats on the outside extra coats on the beading's and mouldings etc.
The same method was used on each of
the doors in the pictures.
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| Before works |
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| Sanded smooth |
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| Stained and varnished |
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| Before works |
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A pair of Doors!
Stained & Varnished
Before works
Sanded smooth
Stained & varnished
Doors before works
Stained
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