Antique doors: four variants of the aging of the tree

Old doors can always decorate any type of room. Doors from an array of antique, many simply dream to do, but just do not know how.

Although in our time, and it can be done. Today we will touch on the issue of how to finish antique doors, detailed instructions will be given to carry out this work. Everything can be done completely with your own hands, and from this the price of work will be much lower.

Wood aging options

There are several options for doing this work. In many respects depends the material of manufacture. After all, the fiber in the tree is different.

If you have antique doors from solid pine, then almost any option will do. If you want to grow old oak, then it will be more difficult to do, it is a fairly dense material in its structure. There are several ways you can do this work.

Morin wood

This method is most often used. It is quite simple and the price of the material is not expensive.

Attention: With this option, the most important thing is to make a uniform application of liquid to the surface. If not uniform, it will be very noticeable. This is especially noticeable if they make doors and antique furniture.

Now let's look at how to make antique doors, how to paint:

• First do prepare a solution of stain, but it should be applied on a water basis. Then the distribution of coverage will be much more uniform;
• Now we take a sponge, preferably it should be soft and well absorb moisture.. Remove the layer that was previously applied to the wooden door. Only not completely, we savor the stain in the middle of the elements. Edges and corners should be left unchanged;

Attention: Stain must be applied everywhere. Do it well. If there are cracks or meta hard to reach, then use a brush.

• Now the doors of antique wood must be completely dried.. At this time, the stain will be smoothed out and properly placed;
• After complete drying, apply another layer of stain, it will be finish. Only for this purpose it is necessary to dilute the stain with any solvent. Then it will be well distributed on the plane and dry quickly;
• Give the surface to dry completely and now it is necessary to fill the pores with alkaline soil. This should be done with a brush, or if the plane is large and even then a sponge can be applied;
• After complete drying, rub antique wax over the entire surface.It should be purchased in advance. It will give the surface a gloss and shine. It will also help preserve and protect the wooden surface.

Wood brushing

Under the old door and do this method. It is often used in workshops.

Old pine doors are made easier by the first method, but for example, oak is better to be processed using this method. It is more labor-intensive, but it differs in surface quality. Doors aged by this method look quite natural.

Attention: Taki method perfectly possible to make a door of solid antique pine or oak. If the doors are made of beech, birch or maple, then it is better not to use this method.

Finishes of antique doors by this method is done as follows:

• First you should take a brush for metal. And hard and drive her on the plane. All soft tissues will be removed and dense rings of the year will remain;
• After that there is a fringe. You need to take a polymer brush, it is softer and three again. Fringe is removed and dense woody streaks remain;
• After that, you can wax the surface. Some make the color darker and for this simply make the treatment with liquid stain. Then the relief of the tree structure stands out better. All this can be viewed on the photo and video.

Patinated wood

Paint is applied in patinating (see. Paint for doors: we choose and make painting). It can easily be purchased at retail. There should be at least two of them in the assortment, one is the base and is applied first, for this any dye will do.

Let's take a look at this method in more detail:

• The first case is preparing the surface. Processing with fine sandpaper;
• Now we put a paint coat. For this it is best to apply a spray. But in principle, you can do with a sponge;

Note: For the first layer, in no case should there be any leakage. Pay special attention to this. This is the basis and it should be of high quality.

• Now we give the surface to dry completely;
• We proceed to the following actions. Apply a layer of paint, for this we use a dry brush. It is better if it is with a soft nap. In no case do not take paint in large portions. You will then have drips;
• Now bark paint dry, but not completely. We take dry rags and we rub over not dried up places. We will then have places of wear;
• Give the surface to dry completely и вскрываем лаком.

So you finished the wooden door with your own hands.

Wood scuffs

This is a fairly simple option that does not require large expenditures:

• To begin with we do the painting of the antiqued plane. We try to apply paint evenly;
• Now we apply a layer of paraffin, we only make the coating on the entire surface, and individual parts;
• Apply another coat of paint. Just take it a little lighter;
• Now we take a spatula and carefully remove the paraffin. There is no need to damage the surface;
• We do the grinding of the plane and apply a layer of stain;
• We are waiting for complete drying and apply wax. It will protect the surface.

Now you can easily make an antique door without spending a lot of money.