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It has been some time since I logged on as I was busy remodelling and renovating my brothers house for sale,and became too busy to see what was new on this site.I haven't had much time to browse thru it yet,but looks like a few things changed.Anyhow,during my renovating ,I acquired 2 old French Doors(Hope the pics turn out) equipped with Skeleton Key slotted type locks and rounded 2 piece doorknob handles.I have just finished removing the white paint from the rails and stiles of 1 of the doors,and was very surprised to see what was underneath.I am not familar with old timber,but it looks like plywood grain does,although it is solid and heavy ,but soft.When I removed the paint,it revealed somewhat like an oil residue,could be from the paint,as I suspect it was oil-based lead paint,or could be the resins from the wood trapped all those years.What I would like to know is......can anyone tell me from these pics what the wood type could be and how do I prepare them (I mean should I use a type of solvent to rinse the wood after stripping it.My wife wants to paint them white again(fresh )she says it is the style today,but I amtrying to convince her they wood be best just to stain and or varnish them and watch the beauty in the wood occur.Also,the panes of glass show a floral type pattern to them to give a frosty type appearance,but the centre panes were clear and had a plastic sheet layered over it to show like a broken glass look.0ne of them is just clear as I suspect it got broke onetime and could not be replaced as the original.How can I remove the paint on the glass,will paint remover damage the glass or make it even frostier than now.Any or all suggestions are welcome and I don't think the pics can be uploaded because the resolution was too high because I wanted people to see what I was saying.If they do not upload,can I send some of them to fellow woodworkers via PM to see if they can help me.The pic with the heat gun laying on it shows the centrepane with half of the overlay missing ,so I'll have to remove the other portion,hopefully the heat gun will do this.I have since removed the peel on layer.too bad wish I had some to replace it.Thanks,
rout-on!
Seems the pics uploaded..........Have a look-see
It has been some time since I logged on as I was busy remodelling and renovating my brothers house for sale,and became too busy to see what was new on this site.I haven't had much time to browse thru it yet,but looks like a few things changed.Anyhow,during my renovating ,I acquired 2 old French Doors(Hope the pics turn out) equipped with Skeleton Key slotted type locks and rounded 2 piece doorknob handles.I have just finished removing the white paint from the rails and stiles of 1 of the doors,and was very surprised to see what was underneath.I am not familar with old timber,but it looks like plywood grain does,although it is solid and heavy ,but soft.When I removed the paint,it revealed somewhat like an oil residue,could be from the paint,as I suspect it was oil-based lead paint,or could be the resins from the wood trapped all those years.What I would like to know is......can anyone tell me from these pics what the wood type could be and how do I prepare them (I mean should I use a type of solvent to rinse the wood after stripping it.My wife wants to paint them white again(fresh )she says it is the style today,but I amtrying to convince her they wood be best just to stain and or varnish them and watch the beauty in the wood occur.Also,the panes of glass show a floral type pattern to them to give a frosty type appearance,but the centre panes were clear and had a plastic sheet layered over it to show like a broken glass look.0ne of them is just clear as I suspect it got broke onetime and could not be replaced as the original.How can I remove the paint on the glass,will paint remover damage the glass or make it even frostier than now.Any or all suggestions are welcome and I don't think the pics can be uploaded because the resolution was too high because I wanted people to see what I was saying.If they do not upload,can I send some of them to fellow woodworkers via PM to see if they can help me.The pic with the heat gun laying on it shows the centrepane with half of the overlay missing ,so I'll have to remove the other portion,hopefully the heat gun will do this.I have since removed the peel on layer.too bad wish I had some to replace it.Thanks,
rout-on!
Seems the pics uploaded..........Have a look-see
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