Sand the door again with 150 grit followed by 220 grit sandpaper.
How to stain wood panel door.
Use a stain brush for liquid stain and a soft cotton cloth for gel stain.
Avoid overlapping vertical strokes try to blend any starting and stopping points if you have to use two passes to stain the entire length of the door.
Change sanding discs often to avoid creating swirl marks on the door with the sander.
Sand all of the flat areas of the door including the center portion of the raised panels.
Roll the stain on and follow up with a brush in the direction of the wood grain this will even out the stain and work it into the wood.
Use a foam roller and work our of a roller pan.
Paint evenly with the door laid flat so the stain won t drip down the wood grain and stain at awkward intervals.
Staining the door dip a staining pad in wood stain and let the excess drip back into the bucket or stain tray.
After the first light pressure wipes without adding more stain from can apply even pressure and wipe three to eight times with the grain.
Apply two or more coats of spar varnish allowing each coat to dry.
The cost of the unfinished door was under 400 and special ordered from my local home improvement store.
Apply one to two coats of penetrating stain wiping off any excess.
Paint the stain onto the wood with the grain using a lint free cloth folded into a pad.
How to stain and finish a door finishing expert teri masaschi shows us how to properly sand and finish two untreated interior doors.
Paint stain and sanding grit can build up on the sanding disc.
Place a 150 grit sanding disc on the orbital sander.
On interior doors you must use interior stain and varnish.
It has gorgeous grains and came nearly ding free.
This new wood door was stain grade fir meaning it was milled accurately and with finer wood requiring very little sanding before stain is applied.
Allow the stain to dry see label and proceed to varnish or polyurethane.
Apply the stain on one face of the door in long even strokes working with the grain of the wood.
Reattach the hardware and rehang the door.