AFTER
Prospect
This old door from 1790 is made from oak and shows signs of breaking down, as well as the old pain is coming off in flakes. The door is painted in multiple colours as is the tradition in the Southern Denmark. The oak is drying out, so need treatment, as well as I need to repair the worn out places. I will paint the door using the traditional linen-seed oil.
STEP BY STEP
Follow each step during the process from start to finish
1.
Remove flakes using scraper, delta-cutter, knife and screw-driver.
At first, I used a large flat screw-driver as well as a paint-scraper to easily peel off the loose flake of old paint.
I used a knife to cut out the worn linen-seed oil kit, which was dried out after many of years (perhaps 15 years?).
At the corners, where paint in multiple layers had rounded the edges, I used a knife and screwdriver to scrap the paint off. More places it came off in pieces when just applying pressure using the screw-driver.
At some places I found out it was beneficial using the rasp on the delta-cutter, to get some of the paint loose.
2.
Using the belt-sander
I used a thin belt-sander which proofed to be somewhat harsh to the old wood the places it has been worn down, but it did the job. I begun using grain 40, as it proofed to be the only way to take off the old paint without warming hence softening the paint, making it stick to the belt.
3.
Using the delta-sander
After doing the rough work, I used a delta-cutter/ sander to smoothing after using the rough belt-sander.
4.
Using manual sand-paper
To really get into the tiny places I folded sand-paper. At the corners I used grain 40 to begin with, then using a grain 120.
