How To Strip And Refinish An Exterior Wood Door
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How to strip and refinish an exterior wood door. Allow 30 minutes for the stripper to weaken the paint. Get all of the flat surfaces of the door along with the edges along the top bottom and sides of the door. You know that repainting a hollow metal door and refinishing a wood door require different processes.
Wear safety glasses when using a palm sander. While wearing rubber gloves apply a chemical stripper with a foam brush to the molding. Use a palm sander with fine grit to give the door a light sanding.
Step 2 Cover the entire surface of the door with a clear wood preservative such as boiled linseed oil starting with the molding and edges then the flat surfaces. If you want an even softer look you could move to 180 grit sand paper. I put a chair behind my door to keep it from.
Sand the Door. Keep the palm sander moving. The Sanding Process for Refinishing Exterior Wooden Door Step one in the sanding process.
Apply paint stripper liquid to chemically strip away all the old finish from the wood surface. Want to give your door a fresh new look. Refinishing a wooden entry door is a sensible way to refurbish the door in an affordable and relatively easy way.
Entry doors are exposed to more traffic than internal doors. Put a drop cloth or old newspaper under your door to catch any drips that may occur. Strip andor sand away any existing varnish using successively finer sandpaper and an orbital sander.