Old Exterior Cedar Door Makeover Using Saman Stains & Varnish
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Terra
8 Materials
$100
2 Days
Easy
For anyone who secretly cringes when they see solid wood being painted... This makeover is for you! Come see how we give a new life to this vintage solid cedar door...
"Before" photo of the outside of the door
Our Game Plan:
- Clean door
- Chemical strip door
- Sand door add trim pieces to fit our door frame
- Stain and seal with Exterior Varnish
"Before" photo of the inside of the door
We applied a nice heavy coat of Dad Easy Spray Remover and then let it do its work for about 15-20mins... any areas that dried out I applied a bit more stripper to the surface.
This was probably the easiest stripping job I've done!
Now time to sand... We used a belt sander and hand sanded the groves.
Now time for staining! I choose Saman Canadian Maple... because it's a cedar door and wanted to still have the look of cedar but with a bit more of a darker brown hue.
When HVLP Spraying Saman Wood Stains I dilute with 1-2 parts water to 1 part stain.
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Here's a view from our spray booth applying the Saman Canadian Maple Wood Stain and Saman Exterior Semi Gloss Varnish.
I stained both sides with stain and then applied 2 coats of varnish, lightly sanded with 600 grit sanding pad, applied another coat sanded then finished with the 4th coat of Varnish on *both sides*
Here's the after photo of the door hung on our shop.
Here's the view from inside our shop.
*sorry bad lighting the stain colour looks much darker in this photo*
I hope you enjoyed seeing the transformation 
Want more details about this and other DIY projects? Check out my blog post!
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