If the door has a window.
Restoring old interior doors.
Deep clean wood doors.
Scraping sanding and restaining will only take about one hour.
Apply final coat and reattach hardware after the finish has dried overnight gently hand sand it with 220 grit paper.
Dust and sand with 280 grit paper then.
When that s dry.
Lat it flat on a pair of sawhorses and cover the ground with a drop cloth.
Pull the hinge pins and take the door down.
Wearing gloves pour some wax and polish remover into a bowl.
You don t want to sand through to bare.
Remove as much of the old.
In this video i use inexpensive trim to update an old door in my house.
How to restore old doors 1.
Carefully remove the wood cover of the casement operator or other piece of trim and use it to match the stain.
Take off all the door hardware including the knob hinges and latch with a screwdriver.
How to restore wood doors 1.
Take a pad of fine steel wool to.
And your natural finish will look like new.
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.
Brush on the second coat following the same order and let it dry overnight.