The trick to using a stripper is to not let it dry and bond the finish back to the door. Brush one coat of stripper on then right before it starts to dry add a second coat of stripper. (wet on wet) Then use a nylon chemical resistant brush (never wire) and the old finish will practically fall off. The small scrub brush comes with the stripper (Dad's) but you have to ask for it. Very rarely have I ever had to do all that scaping and sanding. Dad's is the best stripper that I have found next to an aircraft stripper. Doing it the way I suggested you can strip and clean a door like that in about 4 hours. You're working way too hard. One more thing don't ever sand next to glass without taping it off. Peace!
Man, watched the whole damn video and at the end you gave us about 5 seconds to admire your work! lol. Nicely done. Inspired me. I am doing this to an old door but have her on saw horses in the garage. Thanks for posting this.
Well done, Thanks for the video. I have to do the same thing on my door. Your pricing is very fair given the type of and amount of work involved. The cost for a similar door and side panes is quite high. Far less expensive to refinish and looks like new. Great work!
Nice job, I see it is in the time spent doing all the prep work,,even if it takes me a couple of days, I know the outcome will be worth it . It looks really good.
Jack, it took about fifteen hours over four days (I think), I usually charge $35 an hour. I don't normally strip doors, but these were friends of mine.
The whole point of using stripper is to eliminate scraping, no? Looks like the paper thin application hardened in the 15 minutes you where directed by the instructions. That's where people get into trouble. "Following" those darned instructions. For doing it the hard way you sure did a thorough job.
awsome video, i have the same type of door at my home and i am planning on doing this DIY this weekend. By any chance what size sand paper did you use?
you did a damn good job ...... The absolutely most difficult way possible !!!!!! but I know on "light colors/natural colors" you pretty much have to do what you did .... You definitely did a good job ..... However , if I was going to go through all of that , I'd go ahead and take off the door hardware and refinish that too ..... Might as well , you worked your ass off anyway on 97% of the door , might as well do that last 3% too !!!!!
I didn't see you stain, did you mix stain in your varnish? Does varnish come in different gloss? Do people usually use high gloss or semi gloss? Thank you!
started to clean our door w/ Murphy's wood soap and found that will a little elbow greese I could take off alone of dirt and finish - will use the stripper to follow along with you - don't think I can complete in 1 day and don't want to remove the door more than once. any advice about cleaning door before stripping? good or bad idea?
Don't know if Murphy's oil soap has any wax in it. If it does, I wouldn't use it. I was with water, alcohol, and vinegar when I paint doors and walls cause it leaves no residue. I don't strip doors very often, but I see no need to prewash.
quicker way is 180 sand paper on a vibrating sander hand sand what you caint reach ,brush off dust,coat with a deglosser,brush stroke on varnish,after dry lightly wet sand 220 grit then revarnish again this time with foam roller toatal time it takes is between 4 - 7 hours
Mr. Brown. I have a three car garage with wooden doors that are in desperate need of refinishing. A contractor quoted me a job and started the job but after starting the first door, he says the job is much more involved than what he quoted. Not sure why he didn't know this before he started but that's what happened. He does good work and looks like the door he started is headed in the right direction. After watching your video, I see that it is a meticulous process but probably not going to agree to pay this contract three to four times the amount he quoted me to finish the project so I'm thinking about letting him finish one door and complete the other two myself. I'm fairly industrious and don't mine taking the time to do it right. Would you advise me to take on such a task with no experience?
Out of curiosity, why do you leave the door on the hinges when working on it? I'm about to refinish my door and was going to put it on sawhorses to scrape/sand and to refinish. Is there a specific reason you leave it hanging? Thanks!
+clattin I work by myself and the job would take several days and I find it easier not having to rehang the door whenever I have to leave. If I had another door to hang in its place, it would be easier to refinish on saw horses.
I did the job by the hour, the best way for a job that might run a lot longer than you expect. I don't remember, but it wasn't cheap. My hourly rate was $35 an hour, cheap to refinish a door.
I'm assuming based on his changing of clothes that this process took about 4 days?? Pretty long time. I need this done on a door, 4 posts, and 6 individual shutters. Yikes!
I am watching videos to get ideas on how to restain a beat up exterior front door. I just saw that there is a stainable primer that you can use over paint and stain and stain over! I am intrigued and doing more research. I don’t want to have to sand down the door completely and cover my customers house in dust. This looks like it might be an option! The video is saw looks like your door needs to be lightly sanded and the primer goes on/covers like paint and you can stain over it. What??!!! The primer color is a lighter color. Look up Paul Ricalde on CZcams…staining your door without stripping..stain over existing stain or paint! Good luck! 😊
and you would have a big hole in your house for 3 days , or , take it down put it up take it down put it up take it down put it up ..... 3 or four times ..... This video was not done in one day
It's risky to take down a solid wood door like that and lay it flat and or lean it against a wall or whatever the case may be. Once you expose that wood it can warp/twist in just the slightest instance and never fit the same as when you removed it....hope you have good laibility insurance because if it has to be replaced you have to replace everything including the jamb/frame and possibly the whole door buck.
+superred 13 Not really (the stain is supposed to soak into raw wood), but you can use a stain-gel or add some stain in your varnish or polyurethane and it will hide some of the flaws. If you are just trying to hide some of the scratches that go all the way into the wood, stain will help hide those too.
Kelly Albertine Not sure what you mean by what year was that door..... I guess it was about ten years old, the florida sun really does a number on clear finishes.
Sun is the enemy and depending on how much and how long the door is in the sun. The door still looks good after 4 years. Yes I did take the door knobs off but I didn't take the hinges off. I put the door knobs back on before I left for the day so the customer could lock the front door.
Good grief that is an absurd amount of effort, next time get a soda blaster (harbor freight $120), you can have that door stripped down to bare wood in less than an hour.
I do this for s living in Boston. Take the door off the hinges and lay flat on padded saw horses. Tape up and paper glass! Don’t bother brushing the paste, just pour it on heavy, brush it out. Use small steel brushes to remove old finish around all molding. A one inch scrapper kept sharp with a file works best! You should be able to strip that door to bare wood in 2-3 hours! This guy is painful to watch!! He’s so inefficient in his methods. Don’t know how he makes a living doing this!
Question, do you rehang the door after stripping it and do you also stain and varnish/polyurethane with the door off. What about the side light, how do you do them. Thanks for the intel.
Omg the video gets funnier as he goes 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 he uses a paint brush to apply the stain why use a brush when there are things called staining sponges 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦♂️ omg he just showed us how exactly not to refinish a door he didn't even set the door up on saw horses omg I wish I could slap this guy
The trick to using a stripper is to not let it dry and bond the finish back to the door. Brush one coat of stripper on then right before it starts to dry add a second coat of stripper. (wet on wet) Then use a nylon chemical resistant brush (never wire) and the old finish will practically fall off. The small scrub brush comes with the stripper (Dad's) but you have to ask for it. Very rarely have I ever had to do all that scaping and sanding. Dad's is the best stripper that I have found next to an aircraft stripper. Doing it the way I suggested you can strip and clean a door like that in about 4 hours. You're working way too hard. One more thing don't ever sand next to glass without taping it off. Peace!
Man, watched the whole damn video and at the end you gave us about 5 seconds to admire your work! lol. Nicely done. Inspired me. I am doing this to an old door but have her on saw horses in the garage. Thanks for posting this.
agree, take off the door!
You did great job. I admiring your fantastic front door work. God bless,
Thank you for this. You have really helped to prevent a front door disaster. I'm just going to buy some Varnish stripper.
Well done, Thanks for the video. I have to do the same thing on my door. Your pricing is very fair given the type of and amount of work involved. The cost for a similar door and side panes is quite high. Far less expensive to refinish and looks like new. Great work!
very nice finish on that definitely worth the 15 hours you put into it.
Perfect and thanks. You have helped me a lot. Greetings from Serbia.
What a job! Beautiful...Thank you for all the insight
Thank you
Nice job, I see it is in the time spent doing all the prep work,,even if it takes me a couple of days, I know the outcome will be worth it . It looks really good.
great job very well made video very clear instruction it was a lot of work but worth it in the end thank you Robert
Nice job!!
fair play good job .,stripped my door today 6 hours still not ready ,its tuff jod but love diy .enjoyed your video
Jack, it took about fifteen hours over four days (I think), I usually charge $35 an hour. I don't normally strip doors, but these were friends of mine.
how can i contax you
Nice work.
The whole point of using stripper is to eliminate scraping, no? Looks like the paper thin application hardened in the 15 minutes you where directed by the instructions. That's where people get into trouble. "Following" those darned instructions. For doing it the hard way you sure did a thorough job.
awsome video, i have the same type of door at my home and i am planning on doing this DIY this weekend. By any chance what size sand paper did you use?
you did a damn good job ...... The absolutely most difficult way possible !!!!!! but I know on "light colors/natural colors" you pretty much have to do what you did .... You definitely did a good job ..... However , if I was going to go through all of that , I'd go ahead and take off the door hardware and refinish that too ..... Might as well , you worked your ass off anyway on 97% of the door , might as well do that last 3% too !!!!!
sander with vacuum easier, quicjer and better result , do you think?
I didn't see you stain, did you mix stain in your varnish? Does varnish come in different gloss? Do people usually use high gloss or semi gloss? Thank you!
started to clean our door w/ Murphy's wood soap and found that will a little elbow greese I could take off alone of dirt and finish - will use the stripper to follow along with you - don't think I can complete in 1 day and don't want to remove the door more than once. any advice about cleaning door before stripping? good or bad idea?
Don't know if Murphy's oil soap has any wax in it. If it does, I wouldn't use it. I was with water, alcohol, and vinegar when I paint doors and walls cause it leaves no residue. I don't strip doors very often, but I see no need to prewash.
quicker way is 180 sand paper on a vibrating sander hand sand what you caint reach ,brush off dust,coat with a deglosser,brush stroke on varnish,after dry lightly wet sand 220 grit then revarnish again this time with foam roller toatal time it takes is between 4 - 7 hours
Mr. Brown. I have a three car garage with wooden doors that are in desperate need of refinishing. A contractor quoted me a job and started the job but after starting the first door, he says the job is much more involved than what he quoted. Not sure why he didn't know this before he started but that's what happened. He does good work and looks like the door he started is headed in the right direction. After watching your video, I see that it is a meticulous process but probably not going to agree to pay this contract three to four times the amount he quoted me to finish the project so I'm thinking about letting him finish one door and complete the other two myself. I'm fairly industrious and don't mine taking the time to do it right. Would you advise me to take on such a task with no experience?
Out of curiosity, why do you leave the door on the hinges when working on it? I'm about to refinish my door and was going to put it on sawhorses to scrape/sand and to refinish. Is there a specific reason you leave it hanging? Thanks!
+clattin I work by myself and the job would take several days and I find it easier not having to rehang the door whenever I have to leave. If I had another door to hang in its place, it would be easier to refinish on saw horses.
that sure is Lotta work. i'm gonna have to find another way.what's the average cost of doing this?
labor: half the cost of the door
@@av-re9rr I wouldn’t trust a front door that only cost $500. It’s definitely worth refinishing
Definitely a more worn down than brand new flat 1.5 in scraper
But it looks amazing
Looks good, lot of labor, how much would you charge for a job like that !
I did the job by the hour, the best way for a job that might run a lot longer than you expect. I don't remember, but it wasn't cheap. My hourly rate was $35 an hour, cheap to refinish a door.
I was hoping that at the end we would see a before and after comparison side by side. I blinked at the end of video so I missed the final finish.
Does this striper will do the same on dining set as well?
spar varnish exterior
Nice job. Sure you dont want that cake?
How many hours did that take? And what would you charge for a door like that?
About fifteen man hours at 35 per hour
ok thanks
I know this has a time-lapse, but in the end how long did this project take you?
Jennifer Jewett Long
Very helpful. The Sistine Chapel needs your skill. Need to get rid of a lot of patina.
Is a Polyurethane sealer not necessary?
Talk to your girl !
Yvonne Mariane he did
I'm assuming based on his changing of clothes that this process took about 4 days?? Pretty long time. I need this done on a door, 4 posts, and 6 individual shutters. Yikes!
Wouldn’t it been easier to work on if you removed the door from the frame ?
Yes, but then I'd have to put up a replacement door while I worked on it, or rehang it everyday
I refinish my front door it took me about 2 1/2 hours
Probably looked like shit
🤣🤣🤣🤣how did that work out
I have a white wood door i want to stain and make it look like your door color Do you have any suggestions and the supplies I need?
Use the same materials that I used in my video. You will have to do more sanding to get all the white off.
@@robertBrownboater OK, THANK YOU!
I am watching videos to get ideas on how to restain a beat up exterior front door. I just saw that there is a stainable primer that you can use over paint and stain and stain over! I am intrigued and doing more research. I don’t want to have to sand down the door completely and cover my customers house in dust. This looks like it might be an option! The video is saw looks like your door needs to be lightly sanded and the primer goes on/covers like paint and you can stain over it. What??!!! The primer color is a lighter color. Look up Paul Ricalde on CZcams…staining your door without stripping..stain over existing stain or paint! Good luck! 😊
i have the same doors need repair how can i call you
Haha typical Italian offering the canoli
What would you charge for a door like that?
Excellent craftsmanship
I would have taken the door off to refinish
and you would have a big hole in your house for 3 days , or , take it down put it up take it down put it up take it down put it up ..... 3 or four times ..... This video was not done in one day
It's risky to take down a solid wood door like that and lay it flat and or lean it against a wall or whatever the case may be. Once you expose that wood it can warp/twist in just the slightest instance and never fit the same as when you removed it....hope you have good laibility insurance because if it has to be replaced you have to replace everything including the jamb/frame and possibly the whole door buck.
can I just stain over previous stain
+superred 13 Not really (the stain is supposed to soak into raw wood), but you can use a stain-gel or add some stain in your varnish or polyurethane and it will hide some of the flaws. If you are just trying to hide some of the scratches that go all the way into the wood, stain will help hide those too.
what year was that door...i am a bit suspicious
Kelly Albertine Not sure what you mean by what year was that door..... I guess it was about ten years old, the florida sun really does a number on clear finishes.
did anyone else counted how many shirts were used in the process? Answer = 4
How long will that last? Not a fan of clear coating exterior wood. You should really remove the door hardware.
Sun is the enemy and depending on how much and how long the door is in the sun. The door still looks good after 4 years. Yes I did take the door knobs off but I didn't take the hinges off. I put the door knobs back on before I left for the day so the customer could lock the front door.
@@robertBrownboater 4 years is pretty good, not bad at all.
@doc hall no, is it good?
What color varnish did you apply?
Did this really take 15 hours?
yes, actual time spent working. the filming might have added a little but not much as most of it wasn't filmed.
So you charged 15 hrs @ $35 an hour = $525
Or 4 days making it 32 hrs @$35 an hr = $1,120
Good grief that is an absurd amount of effort, next time get a soda blaster (harbor freight $120), you can have that door stripped down to bare wood in less than an hour.
I do this for s living in Boston. Take the door off the hinges and lay flat on padded saw horses. Tape up and paper glass! Don’t bother brushing the paste, just pour it on heavy, brush it out. Use small steel brushes to remove old finish around all molding. A one inch scrapper kept sharp with a file works best! You should be able to strip that door to bare wood in 2-3 hours! This guy is painful to watch!! He’s so inefficient in his methods. Don’t know how he makes a living doing this!
Question, do you rehang the door after stripping it and do you also stain and varnish/polyurethane with the door off. What about the side light, how do you do them. Thanks for the intel.
Shouldn't let stripper dry before you scrape it off.
Exactly it defeats the whole purpose.
Now I know not to try this. We have a door very similar to yours. Way to much work! I'll pay someone to do it.. thanks!
I never liked "strippers" ..... am I weird ?????
Omg the video gets funnier as he goes 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 he uses a paint brush to apply the stain why use a brush when there are things called staining sponges 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤦♂️ omg he just showed us how exactly not to refinish a door he didn't even set the door up on saw horses omg I wish I could slap this guy