Mahogany Front Door to Coffee Table!
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I found this door for sale online and had to have it. I new something could be made of this work of art, besides firewood!
I started by removing the aluminum pieces holding the door together and pressure washing the door.
Sanding, sanding, and more sanding. This piece had green paint, white paint and just a lot of old built up gunk!
Then it was time to stain. I wanted to see the depth and intracacy of the design on the door. That's why I only stained the raised portions.
Details-I liked the idea of metal accents. Which came from the aluminum originally holding it together. I took plate steel and rusted to give it the orange and red tones of the stain and inlaid it into the door.
More details- I found these elevator bolts and etched the cross design on them and then rusted the cross to match.
Time to give it a finish. I used a two part self leveling epoxy product. For never working with anything like it before it was easier than I thought. Only thing I didn't realize was that it would give it a wet look taking away from the look I was going for with the stain.
Now how to hold it up? I went and bought a redwood 4x4 stained it cut it into 4 legs. Rusted and cut a piece of angle iron to keep that rustic look glued it to outer corner of each leg. There was a slight sag in the center of the table. To fix that steel cable, eye bolts, and a turnbuckle holding it all together under the top.
Here's the finished project. My Maltese Cross coffee table!
It might not be everyone's taste. I love it though. I find it hard to believe sometimes that I repurposed a door to coffee table, that looks like that!
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Wow, absolutely beautiful! I love this!
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Very Nice, love it! I loved the original look you were going for with the raised stain. I have used apoxy resin on a few occassions and I have started adding a coat of varnish first to seal the wood before I pour the resin. This seemed to protect the design from doing what happened to you.
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Thanks for the tip Anita. I will have to try that out on another project and see if it works for me!
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