Mar 26, 2019

Restoration of old doors with their own hands

After moving to the one-room "Khrushchev" we decided to make a repair, which included the replacement of the old kitchen door. The interroom door is made of solid wood, and it was very pitiful to throw it away, even though it looked awful. Then it was decided to restore the old door with his own hands and thereby save on the purchase of a new one.

Restoration of old doors with their own hands The door was in a deplorable state

This is how our door originally looked. As you can see, her condition is rather pitiable and not at all aesthetic.

Restoration of old doors with their own hands Fittings are completely unpresentable

The door had old-style handles resembling a hospital room; a lot of paint stains, the layers of which were not counted; protruding trim, which simply disfigured the door, and, of course, completely uneven surface.

Restoration of old doors with their own hands There have been a lot of smudges

This door has been standing since its construction, namely since 1968.

First we unscrew the old handles. Then they removed the door from the hinges. To level the door surface at home, we decided to use a plane.

Restoration of old doors with their own hands To remove the paint, we used the planer

The plane removed the old layer of paint in prominent places quite well. With a plane, the protruding edges of the platbands were removed and the end surface was processed so that the corners of the door were smooth.

Restoration of old doors with their own hands Polished with emery paper

Then we used a large emery paper to grind the surface of the door leaf.

Restoration of old doors with their own hands So many chips removed

The result was a rather impressive amount of garbage and wooden chips.

Restoration of old doors with their own hands The door was set again

Next we returned the door to its place.

It is necessary to work with the plane carefully so that it does not work out too deep grooves.

Restoration of old doors with their own hands Putty on wood

is used for initial processing. Then putty on wood went on. . I recommend taking more volume, since we lacked 0.25 kg jars and we had to buy more.

Restoration of old doors with their own hands Acrylate putty was bought

In total, I took about 0.7 kg of putty.

Restoration of old doors with their own hands This is what the putty surface looks like

I applied wood putty with a soft spatula. In places with large grooves had to put more than one layer. After the putty has dried, we sand the door panel again with sandpaper.

As a result, the door acquired such a look.

Restoration of old doors with their own hands The surface is again sanded

The next step was to paint the door with white acrylic enamel.

Restoration of old doors with their own hands This paint was chosen for finishing painting

Enamel does not have a sharp harmful odor and does not turn yellow. by time.

Restoration of old doors with their own hands After dyeing, the paint was cut with a knife from the glass, but you can use painting tape

Paint marks that left on the glass, I removed using a clerical knife. It would be more practical to pre-tape the glass with adhesive tape, but unfortunately I did not.

Restoration of old doors with their own hands At the end, we fastened the handles

At the very end we fastened the new door handles. At this our home restoration was completed. The door has acquired a noble aesthetic look. I would be glad if our experience will be useful to you.