Should I keep going?

[WarnerConstInc.]

I am stripping this door. These kinds of doors are hard enough to find, I am not too picky on the wood species.

This door is begging me to stain it but, I don't want to spend hours sanding the edges of the panel and styles.

What would you guys do?
It will be my basement door.

[JasonW]

I might be inclined to take a scraper to the inside corners first, but other than that, I would go ahead and stain it.:2thumbsup:

ps: my inclinations are the reason I have so many unfinished projects at my house that are "nearly done". Stain it and swing it!:mad2:

[bconley]

I kinda like it.
Now when building new everyone wants the distressed look on their cabinets, you will be stylish.

[WarnerConstInc.]

I can get the corners really well with my dx93 detail sander.
It's those square shoulders that are the pain in the arse.

[Leo G]

You don't want to use a chemical stripper?

[ChrWright]

Strip it/Scrape it/Sand it.

Doesn't have to be perfect, but I'd get the paint out of those corners.

Beautiful doors, BTW.

[neolitic]

Let the green tools have their way
with it, and shellac it....

[WarnerConstInc.]

You don't want to use a chemical stripper?

I did on the side that had 8 layers of paint.
The other side was stained and varnished.

Strip it/Scrape it/Sand it.

Doesn't have to be perfect, but I'd get the paint out of those corners.

Beautiful doors, BTW.

I don't aim for perfection but, I was considering painting the door after I was done stripping it, I know it seems odd. I don't like putting another coat of paint.

Let the green tools have their way
with it, and shellac it....

Thank you sense.

Wax-on, wax-off!:laugh3:

[Bodger]

Let the green tools have their way
with it, and shellac it....

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This, what he said.

It will have that distressed look and the shellac will bring out the highlights of the old wood.

[Leo G]

And make the wax just glide on.......:laugh3:

[Bender]

Why bother? Its obviously saturated with LEAD and you'll be dead before the paint drys.

[Bodger]

And make the wax just glide on.......:laugh3:


Slicker than snot, that wax goes on. :grin:

[Dusty]

Don't be lazy. Your 3/4 of the way there. It is not that bad. Slap some stripper on it. scrape it with your 5 in 1, apply another coat of stripper and scrub with a tooth brush. I prefer a fine steel wool but I can't see the cut of the trim in the pics.

I stripped most of my kitchen including two small 6 pane windows of seven layers of paint. Since then all other stripping jobs seem like a piece of cake.

[Allrounder]

I'm with the others, clear coat that baby and let the natural beauty of the wood speak for itself.

[WarnerConstInc.]

Don't be lazy. Your 3/4 of the way there. It is not that bad. Slap some stripper on it. scrape it with your 5 in 1, apply another coat of stripper and scrub with a tooth brush. I prefer a fine steel wool but I can't see the cut of the trim in the pics.

I stripped most of my kitchen including two small 6 pane windows of seven layers of paint. Since then all other stripping jobs seem like a piece of cake.

I know. Not many people can relate to the amount of work/time it takes to strip all the layers of finish off things.

[Leo G]

Just do it and stop whining.:laugh3:

[Bodger]

Do it while you can. Your IQ won't be worth a damn in a few days from the lead.

Doomed, I say. Doomed.

[ChrWright]

Save the paint chips for your coffee. I hear it makes a great sweetener.

[Bodger]

Save the paint chips for your coffee. I hear it makes a great sweetener.


Be sure to offer the EPA inspector a nice hot cup of sweetened Joe too.

[WarnerConstInc.]

I have the area contained. It is nice and safe, right in the dining room!!

[Bodger]

I have the area contained. It is nice and safe, right in the dining room!!

:laugh3::laugh3::laugh3:

[WarnerConstInc.]

Shellac done on one side.