The cost of the unfinished door was under 400 and special ordered from my local home improvement store.
How to stain wood exterior doors.
At the end of the re application my door was as good as new.
You can use either a penetrating stain or a heavy bodied wiping stain.
Most hardware can be removed by unscrewing a couple of philips head screws and should come off quite easily.
Wiping stains and penetrating stains.
And you don t have to strip any of the old stain off or even remove the door.
How often you need to refinish the door depends upon the quality of the original stain.
It has gorgeous grains and came nearly ding free.
To avoid staining the door knobs knockers locks and other hardware it s important to unscrew everything that s connected to the door and remove it so you can stain the wood and only the wood.
It is important to stain your wood exterior doors regularly not only to protect them from the damage weather can cause but also to keep your doors looking the best they can by making the wood darker and richer.
Being visible to the outside world staining your wood exterior doors should be carried out annually so that the doors remain striking and rich.
If you want to know how to restain a door i have a quick solution that ll work for most stained wood front doors.
This is a lot less work than staining the door originally so it wasn t too bad.
There are two basic types of interior wood stains.
Staining a new wood door.
What stain to use.
With water based varnishes re application on outdoor surfaces is a fact of life.
See interior wood stains below for comparisons of the two types of interior stain.
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.
Stained exterior wood doors require frequent refinishing due to sun exposure dampness and inclement weather.