How to restore this old doors?

[cherryblossom123]

I bought a house and it has doors as pictured below in my photos: I took one off and it felt very heavy and I was told by the surveyor and builder that they would recommend keeping them but doing something with them to make them look good. I'd previously imagined just buying new doors as I think maybe the design would be nicer - maybe the quality would be less though?

I'm wondering what needs to be done to fix them, I want new handles and to remove the boards and paint and then maybe they need treating?

What would you advise? I checked with some companies that do pain removal and sending and the price didn't seem much cheaper than buying a new door to be honest.

It they all have white boards nailed on and painted white underneath the one I looked at it was painted red.

So what do you think, try and get these restored or just buy new ones?

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[Wayners]

Maybe get one dipped to see what it's like

 

[cherryblossom123]

Maybe get one dipped to see what it's like

Not a bad idea but I don't really know what I'm looking for in terms of a final product. Say I got it dipped, should I pay for anything else like sanding or waxing? That can be around 85 pound for each door before delivery, then I've got to buy new handles and figure out how to install them.

It would be 35 just for the dipping then I may need to sand and wax myself? What should I use for that.

New door could be around 100 each?

What do you reckon? Cheers pal

 

[Wayners]

Dip. Look at it. Could of had filler used or the wood could be damaged or badly stained from a fire or water. See what one is like first.
Sand with 120. 180 , 320 sponge backed pads and wire wool. Can do that yourself.
Wax for authentic look or osmo door oil.

Reclamation yard may have matching doors if you need a replacement

 

[Lower]

I’d take the panels off and paint. They look like nice doors to me but probably never intended to be bare wood.

 

[cherryblossom123]

I’d take the panels off and paint. They look like nice doors to me but probably never intended to be bare wood.

Could I paint directly on the red paint ? Or you mean to get up dipped first?

 

[Wayners]

Sand red paint. Zinsser BIN then two acrylic primer undercoat.
Two top coats.

Might have lead in the paint!

 

[foxhole]

Dipping tends too destroy all the joints , just sand and paint .

 

[slawit]

I 100% agree with Foxhole do not dip. Dipping will almost certainly blow the joints, and roughen the wood beyond just a light sand. They never look good wax after dipping either as it comes out a looking dirty.

I would use a sander on the existing paint, go from 120 through to 240 then repaint.

 

[sparkwright]

Don't get them dipped, they come back in a right state.

 

[Deleted member 317777]

That’s each side of one my doors. The beading gets knocked off to allow the flat panel to be fitted.

If you decided to remove the wood, buy a decorators scrapper and use that.

It starts off as a joy, I’m struggling with motivation a bit this year.

 

[cherryblossom123]

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That’s each side of one my doors. The beading gets knocked off to allow the flat panel to be fitted.

If you decided to remove the wood, buy a decorators scrapper and use that.

It starts off as a joy, I’m struggling with motivation a bit this year.

Did you sand or just paint directly? Could you describe your method and tools/paint etc please

 

[Deleted member 317777]

Did you sand or just paint directly? Could you describe your method and tools/paint etc please

I used one of these https://ebay.us/m/zQ6goc

Then I sanded it with an orbital sander using 80 grit. Filled all the holes with 2 pack filler, sanded it down, primed with BIN primer “Might be the wrong name”

And painted with a roller.

It’s a labour of love, I’ve done about 10 doors here , and all the skirts are 12 inch. It’s been a mission

 

[slawit]

It’s definitely a labour of love, this sort of work is all about the prep. If this was my door I would start with a 2 pack filler in any crack or holes then using a palm sander go 80 grit paper then go to 120 and possibly 180 to ensure a nice flat surface. If you really want to go all out then the beading need to be sanded by hand using wet and dry paper again go through the grits.