http://art-faux.com/ask-an-artist/product-review/how-to-refinish-entry-doors/ Faux Painting Ideas from decorative artist Arthur Morehead of Art-Faux Designs Inc,™ Naples/Bonita Springs Fl 239 417 1888 Mon, 07 May 2012 00:56:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://art-faux.com/ask-an-artist/product-review/how-to-refinish-entry-doors/#comment-1941 Art Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:57:21 +0000 http://art-faux.com/?p=1807#comment-1941 These doors were definitely a challenge and had to be stripped a couple of times, but they did turn out better than what was expected. The owner wanted to wood grain the doors because they were a mess from someone's ill attempt at trying to grain over a botched stain job. Sometimes you can if it isn't real bad, but in this case it was horrible. It just didn't make sense to me to grain over a mahogany door and it would be less expensive just to strip it and re-stain. It wasn't until I stripped them that I discovered the real problem, which was the doors we're over sanded in the first place and caused the stain to penetrate the wood unevenly causing it to appear "blotchy". Mahogany should only have to be lightly sanded by hand before staining and if it isn't sanded evenly you can end up with an uneven finish, and that's what they did here by over sanding in different spots. These doors were definitely a challenge and had to be stripped a couple of times, but they did turn out better than what was expected. The owner wanted to wood grain the doors because they were a mess from someone’s ill attempt at trying to grain over a botched stain job. Sometimes you can if it isn’t real bad, but in this case it was horrible. It just didn’t make sense to me to grain over a mahogany door and it would be less expensive just to strip it and re-stain. It wasn’t until I stripped them that I discovered the real problem, which was the doors we’re over sanded in the first place and caused the stain to penetrate the wood unevenly causing it to appear “blotchy”. Mahogany should only have to be lightly sanded by hand before staining and if it isn’t sanded evenly you can end up with an uneven finish, and that’s what they did here by over sanding in different spots.

]]> http://art-faux.com/ask-an-artist/product-review/how-to-refinish-entry-doors/#comment-1936 Decorative Doors Mon, 05 Apr 2010 06:16:29 +0000 http://art-faux.com/?p=1807#comment-1936 Great video, very specific with the instructions. It's time to get those old doors to become like brand new. Great video, very specific with the instructions. It’s time to get those old doors to become like brand new.

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