You don t want to sand through to bare.
Restoring old interior doors.
How to restore old doors 1.
How to restore wood doors 1.
I glued and nailed each length of trim on the door to create a raised panel appearanc.
Take off all the door hardware including the knob hinges and latch with a screwdriver.
Dust and sand with 280 grit paper then.
Carefully remove the wood cover of the casement operator or other piece of trim and use it to match the stain.
Take a pad of fine steel wool to.
Lat it flat on a pair of sawhorses and cover the ground with a drop cloth.
If the door has a window.
Pull the hinge pins and take the door down.
Wearing gloves pour some wax and polish remover into a bowl.
In this video i use inexpensive trim to update an old door in my house.
Brush on the second coat following the same order and let it dry overnight.
Remove as much of the old.
And your natural finish will look like new.
The screws used in the construction of this timber door were counter bored and the heads should have.
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.
Deep clean wood doors.
Scraping sanding and restaining will only take about one hour.