We have 6 old doors (from about 1920) in our condo. We had all the paint stripped off and would like to stain them. The look I am going for is that relatively uniform dark brown that you see in older homes from say the turn of the century to the 20's. The grain would be not real visible but still present. Does anyone know what should be used for that? I would think that regular wood stain would not work well for this. The guy who stripped them thinks they are birch. I also did a fair amount of filling with Elmers stainable wood filler for any damage I found and would want that to blend in well too. Thanks. Dave

We had 6 old doors from our house completely stripped of 80 years of paint. I then used a 50:50 mixture of Watco Black walnut and Red mahogany. All the doors came out prety good, but one of them had a light area in the center (maybe residual paint residue). I then used a power sander with 220 grit paper to try to even it out. The danish oil must have still been not quite dry as it clogged the sandpaper several times. After I reoiled the door, it looks terrible. There are grey areas everywhere where the oil did not penetrate. What would be the best way to fix this? Thanks. Dave PS I plan to wax the doors once the finish is totally cured.