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Posted by Mikepier on April 27, 2008, 11:59 am
Greetings. I would like to refinish my 6 panel oak front door. It
currently is stained and has polyurethane or varnish on top that has
faded. What would be the best way to strip it, chemicals or heat gun?
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Posted by ransley on April 27, 2008, 12:06 pm
> Greetings. I would like to refinish my =A06 panel oak front door. =A0It
> currently is stained and has polyurethane or varnish on top that has
> faded. What would be the best way to strip it, chemicals or heat gun?
I dont think a heat gun will work and burns wood, use chemicals, sand
to new wood if its not veneer and use an exterior marine product
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Posted by Joe on April 27, 2008, 2:30 pm
> Greetings. I would like to refinish my =A06 panel oak front door. =A0It
> currently is stained and has polyurethane or varnish on top that has
> faded. What would be the best way to strip it, chemicals or heat gun?
Varnish (common type) doesn't fade...it may yellow. For a fresh start
on something visible to everyone who can see your house, you may want
to consider some professional help. Without it, the end result may be
something really ugly. Of course if you have practical experience such
as refinishing boats or pianos commercially, just ignore this advice.
Regarding strippers, methylene chloride-based gel types are most
effective on the most materials. You definitely don't want to attack
the project with the door in place, so plan for providing a nice
horizontal work area, using sawhorses, for example. Work outdoors, and
provide some sort of cover for unexpected weather with an EasyUp
canopy or similar. Follow directions on the stripper container to the
letter. Buy several grits of sandpaper down to 400 grit or so and use
sanding blocks, other tools based on the wood shapes. Expect to spend
many hours getting the results you want, like a week of spare time.
The alternative is to take the door to a furniture stripping shop
(yellow pages), and have them do the hard work in far less time. They
can often give you good advice on finishes and procedures if you want
to do that yourself. Pro paint stores are also dandy folks to get
sensible answers from. HTH and good luck.
Joe
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Posted by Bob F on April 27, 2008, 2:30 pm
> Greetings. I would like to refinish my 6 panel oak front door. It
> currently is stained and has polyurethane or varnish on top that has
> faded. What would be the best way to strip it, chemicals or heat gun?
I would generally use a heat gun, just because it is so much less trouble. It
works best when there are multiple layers of paint.
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Posted by Mack the Knife on April 27, 2008, 7:17 pm
Mikepier wrote:
> Greetings. I would like to refinish my 6 panel oak front door. It
> currently is stained and has polyurethane or varnish on top that has
> faded. What would be the best way to strip it, chemicals or heat gun?
Hi. New here, first post.
I have recently just done exactly that, refinished a six panel hardwood
door. Mahogany, not oak. I have tried heat guns in the past, two in
fact, one flame, one very hot air, but they were not at all efficient. I
ended up using a gel type commercial stripping agent and a very high
pressure, low flow water blaster with a knife attachment. It took only
moments to strip back to a finish that looked as though it had just been
freshly sanded. (You have to be careful doing this with softwoods, it
can literally rip pine apart.) I then liberally applied Teak Oil and let
it dry with the aid of my workshop air conditioner on "extract
moisture", not on cooling. It brought the door back to a new timber
condition. The water blasting is remarkably effective and as it is VERY
quick, the timber doesn't get saturated. No warping or cracking problems
etc. I have now stained, filled and Marine Two Pack finished it. Now all
I have to do is figure out where I want to use it. It was a find at a
rubbish disposal centre. Many badly applied coats of both oil based and
poly clear finishes made it look pretty crappy, then I noticed that it
was Mahogany. Too good to leave there, but not really needed on any
current project. I guess I'll keep it in the "one day..." collection for
a while. (My wife wants to nuke the "one day..." collection. :) )
Mack
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