Use a stain brush for liquid stain and a soft cotton cloth for gel stain.
Staining wood panel doors.
Always use a good quality stain with a petroleum base such as minwax craftsman mixing the stain according to the manufacturer s directions.
Most stain manufacturers make prestain conditioners but you ll get better results with the method we show here.
Corner damage is the worst kind of damage that can happen to exterior wood doors.
Precise joinery and painstaking sanding of wood that is hand selected for color and grain combine to create architecturally correct doors fit for the finest homes.
We re using a wipe on oil finish as the sealer.
Model sip0000008771 329 99.
Steves sons 36 in.
6 panel left hand unfinished pine wood single prehung interior door with nickel hinges.
Use a foam roller and work our of a roller pan.
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.
Allow the stain to dry see label and proceed to varnish or polyurethane.
Apply stain to the top side of the door with even wiping motions that follow the wood.
Steves sons 30 in.
There s no sense in going any finer dee says.
It has gorgeous grains and came nearly ding free.
Some people think a gel stain is appropriate for smaller areas while others prefer poly stains for their versatility.
Select a door stain appropriate for the wood.
How to stain and finish a door finishing expert teri masaschi shows us how to properly sand and finish two untreated interior doors.
On interior doors you must use interior stain and varnish.
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.
Tools and materials use.
Solid wood doors with solid wood raised panels our solid wood doors are individually constructed in the wood species and style of your choice.
Sand the wood again with 100 grit paper then 120 grit.
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.
Staining the door dip a staining pad in wood stain and let the excess drip back into the bucket or stain tray.
Sanding sealers dewaxed shellac and wipe on finishes will all do the trick.
Apply the stain on one face of the door in long even strokes working with the grain of the wood.