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A couple of years ago I bought a house. One of the things I really wanted was lots of wood. I have always been impressed with houses that has well f...
So obviously the first thing I did was take the door out of the house. I removed the door handle but left the door hinges as they too were painted an...
There are many ways to strip a door. I am not terribly fond of the chemical way to do so so I opted for the heat-gun method. For those that don't kn...
This shows how the paint came off in a nice section leaving a fairly clean surface(which had to be sanded to remove the old varnish and bits of paint)...
If you are lucky, the majority of paint will come off nice and easy. I am still floored that people thought that painting wood was a good idea.
You will find that some paint will simply not peel off. This will usually be due to dings/scratches where the paint has filled in some sort of valley...
Don't hold your breath for anything easy on the door edges. Since the wood was nowhere near as smooth/finished as the front/back surfaces, not much p...
There we go, one side all stripped. The bulk of it came off pretty easily but there were sections that would not without sanding. I found that while...
I am sorry, I did not get the sanded door pic nor a pic of the door once re-installed but here is the the door stripped, sanded and a coat of clear va...
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