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Staining wood panel doors.
Some people think a gel stain is appropriate for smaller areas while others prefer poly stains for their versatility.
Apply stain to the top side of the door with even wiping motions that follow the wood.
We re using a wipe on oil finish as the sealer.
Tools and materials use.
Use a stain brush for liquid stain and a soft cotton cloth for gel stain.
Apply the stain on one face of the door in long even strokes working with the grain of the wood.
6 panel right hand unfinished red oak wood prehung interior door with nickel hinges 2 model sip0000008924.
Sand the wood again with 100 grit paper then 120 grit.
Avoid overlapping vertical strokes try to blend any starting and stopping points if you have to use two passes to stain the entire length of the door.
Always use a good quality stain with a petroleum base such as minwax craftsman mixing the stain according to the manufacturer s directions.
Allow the stain to dry see label and proceed to varnish or polyurethane.
Corner damage is the worst kind of damage that can happen to exterior wood doors.
Solid wood doors with solid wood raised panels our solid wood doors are individually constructed in the wood species and style of your choice.
Roll the stain on and follow up with a brush in the direction of the wood grain this will even out the stain and work it into the wood.
Most stain manufacturers make prestain conditioners but you ll get better results with the method we show here.
6 panel left hand unfinished pine wood single prehung interior door with nickel hinges.
There s no sense in going any finer dee says.
How to stain and finish a door finishing expert teri masaschi shows us how to properly sand and finish two untreated interior doors.
This new wood door was stain grade fir meaning it was milled accurately and with finer wood requiring very little sanding before stain is applied.
Sanding sealers dewaxed shellac and wipe on finishes will all do the trick.
With the door resting on padded sawhorses use a random orbit sander with 80 grit paper to quickly remove what remains of the old varnish and sun baked flakes of wood.
It has gorgeous grains and came nearly ding free.
Use a foam roller and work our of a roller pan.
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Staining the door dip a staining pad in wood stain and let the excess drip back into the bucket or stain tray.
Select a door stain appropriate for the wood.
On interior doors you must use interior stain and varnish.