The final step with refinishing these custom entry doors is applying a coat of varnish. The varnish of choice is McCloskey’s Marine Spar Varnish with a satin sheen. The steps involved with applying varnish are quite simple. The main consideration for us was the weather, cool and humid. The preparation

The next step for Crowder Painting, Craig and I, was staining the wood doors. When the sanding was finished the doors looked very good and a clear finish could have been applied, but the customer requested a rich colored stain be applied. These doors are made from Fur, a soft

The first step to a great finish is the removal of the old and sanding the wood doors was a big part of this job. We started sanding the wood doors with some aggressive sand paper, then progressed to ever finer paper. Here are the procedures we used to remove

A pure or polymerized tung oil finish is easy to use and will produce beautiful results on any type of wood, inside or out. Tung oil finishes are usually applied to unfinished wood, but they can be used over oil based stains. Other types of existing finishes, such as varnish,

Achieving a smooth wood finish takes a few steps. Each step in turn will provide a new level of smoothness and consistency to the final finish. In order to completely refinish wood, you’ll need to sand away the old finish. Even if the wood is new or has been chemically