Otherwise there s no practical way to rehang the door without damaging the finish.
How to restain a french door.
Inexpensive and relatively easy to install many of today s unfinished wood doors come prehung in their own jambs and they fit standard doorway rough openings.
If you want to know how to restain a door i have a quick solution that ll work for most stained wood front doors.
While it s still on the sawhorses seal the door s bottom and top edges with a coat of finish.
Take the time to restain it and you will be proud of yourself for completing a good project and saving money.
This is a lot less work than staining the door originally so it wasn t too bad.
So i did a minor touch up by re sanding the door applying the stain where needed then applying new coats of varnish.
Choose a finish and apply first coat.
French doors are an investment that is well worth the work of refinishing if you find a set in need of care.
Then put the door back on its hinges before applying the first coat.
How to stain wood doors.
Finished exterior french doors are a good selling point in real estate transactions.
With water based varnishes re application on outdoor surfaces is a fact of life.
You can give your dry and sun bleached wood door a quick easy makeover in less than a day.
If you want to clean up old doors or finish new doors learning to stain the properly is a great diy project for experienced home improvement experts and.
How to stain an interior door.
Seal door edges before rehanging photo by kit latham.
And you don t have to strip any of the old stain off or even remove the door.
Wood doors are a welcoming and classy sight in any home.