Internal Oak doors - advice please

[Scrit]

Have you thought about graining (a paint effect)? Then it woudln't matter what the wood is.

Scrit, never heard of this. So you're saying I can actually paint my white deal skirting to match the oak? This is an option then (if I understand correctly). Could you give an example of a graining product (brand-name) for me?

Not so much a brand as a decorative technique, Croppy. THE book on the subject is Rhodes and Windsor's "Parry's Graining and Marbling" (publ. Blackwell Scientific). Basically requires some specialised brushes and combs and the only really specialised material is oil-based glaze or scumble (recommend Ratcliffe's of Lineaker Street, Southport as they make their own). This is Zinnser's and this Paint Quality's versions of the classic technique

Scrit

 

[Scrit]

but just remember tannin in the oak attacks and corrodes steel so you either need stainless or brass screws and fitting to prevent corrosion pitting and black stains

And that also applies to your hinges and door handles, too

Scrit

 

[Croppy]

Pardon my ignorance again, but we were going with chrome handles and hinges. Will they be ok??
Thanks again.

By the way, I've since established that the skirtings and architraves are actually RED deal, and the door frames white deal. I don't suppose that changes anything, except that I believe red deal will darken with sunlight, and not look so bad next to the oak after a while .....

Anyway, I've decided not to replace all with oak. Builder tells me that the oak door frames are a different thickness to what's in there - 3/4" as opposed to 5/4", he says they came up against this problem before. He said by all means send back the architraves and put up oak architraves, but then I'm still left with white deal frame visible either side of the door stops.

So I'm going to let the carpenter hang all the deal and the oak doors. Then I'll clear varnish (I guess) a bit of deal and compare to the finished oak doors and if we don't like it, we'll just paint all the deal white.

Thanks for all advice, and by all means keep it coming!

I'm never building a house again .... can you imagine what I'm like with more important stuff!

 

[big-all]

Pardon my ignorance again, but we were going with chrome handles and hinges. Will they be ok??
Thanks again.

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yes spot on as long as no steel touches the oak [chromium is ok]