Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Front door paint removal

We think the two front doors are original to the building and we would like to find ways to strip the paint on the doors to expose the wood doors with some stain.

We have a black and white image of one of the doors from the 30's that shows it painted white with a window on the top panel.  Ideally, we'd like to put the glass back into both front doors to bring in more natural lighting and connect the exterior with the entry space.

Front doors look like this with paint
Rick started experimenting with a product to strip the paint off the frame.  He started with a test spot and after some trials, found a technique that removed most of the paint, requiring some sanding afterwards to cleanup the remaining spots.


After some sweat equity, paint was removed off of both door frames.  The do-it-yourself paint stripper may be too time intensive and laborious for both doors, so we're investigating possibilities for taking the doors for the paint to be removed using commercial paint stripper. 

Front door with paint removed from frame

Once the paint is removed from both doors and frames, we'd like to sand and stain the doors to show the natural wood next to the brick.

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