Tortorich Stain Door

Mr. Tortorich's stylish front door was showing weathering at the bottom of it's face.

The door is made out of oak and the interior side of it was in excellent shape, as is the case with most of the exterior front doors that I have refinished.



















To keep any of the chemical stripper from ruining the finish on the inside side of the door, I taped off the 1-3/4" edge with 2" tape. 















After the finish and stain was stripped off, I sanded the face down.
















After sanding was complete, we used a Benjamin Moore Dark Walnut (customer's choice) to stain the door.

Some sections of the door in the harder wood was still too light for their liking, so I added a second coat of stain in these sections to darken them.














After the stain dried, I brushed on Cabot Spar Varnish Semi-gloss for a protective clear coat finish.

















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