Okay, first things first. I知 new-ish to DIY as of last year. We just purchased a home where the previous owners were DIYers, but they were so lazy we will have to go through and fix everything they touched. I致e never owned stained doors, just painted so I知 wondering, when I re-stain them, do I have to apply the top coat/varnish to the door jam as well? Some of the doors are matte (probably bought at the store and just hung up) and some have a really high gloss but the door jams are all matte so I知 not really sure. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Welcome to the forums!
Interior stains only work well over bare/raw wood. So first you need to determine if there is any finish on the doors. It's possible the doors just need a light sanding and a fresh coat of poly [assuming they weren't left unfinished]
so I致e been able to determine that three different door stains. I was hoping to lighten the stain and get away from the red orange stain and go lighter... not sure what yet but I知 a sucker for white washed, farm house (typical white girl over here). But I知 trying not to get my hope up too high. Most of the doors have either paint dribble or some type of damage (dogs) or kid stain (marker etc) so these doors need some love. I guess I知 just wondering I need to just paint them vs staining them
It looks like the door has a water based poly on it.
Paint drips can usually be carefully scraped off. The right solvent will usually remove magic marker ink although the solvent may also damage the poly [not a big deal if you sand and recoat] Hard to say about the pet damage - sanding is best if it's not too deep.
I'm not fond of painting real wood panel doors. The panels are designed to 'float' so they shouldn't be caulked. The panels tend to expand/contract with humidity changes, once painted there is often an unsightly crack that appears/reappears throughout the year.
I have removed almost all of the DAP 33 glazing compound from a metal sash.
How do I remove the glazing compound residue from the (rough, irregular surface of the) metal sash so that silicone caulk has a clean surface to adhere to?
Hope some one can help, our Jeld Wen french doors with blinds between them have if course stopped working. Our problem is that the magnet has come apart from the actual part that holds the magnet and is stuck in the corner. We can稚 find a magnet strong enough to pull the magnet out of the corner. Is there away to take the glass out? The doors don稚 have the frame where it痴 easy to get the glass out please help as the manf. Hasn稚 been
[img]https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.doityourselft.com-vbulletin/2000x1504/image_ee2b9a64a66ddf62c968b7e1f753e712ca69ed32.jpg[/img]
[img]https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.doityourselft.com-vbulletin/2000x1504/image_e9b16aff7cc7a355b1cb8eadc392eed60e43d8e7.jpg[/img]
[img]https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.doityourselft.com-vbulletin/2000x1504/image_b8418b265fd06b8b369f39c771d69219adf5acd3.jpg[/img]
any help at all
04-13-21, 01:19 PM
