{"id":1960,"date":"2022-12-25T18:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T23:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/?p=1960"},"modified":"2023-04-22T00:02:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T04:02:36","slug":"doors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/doors\/","title":{"rendered":"Doors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I took some extra time off around Christmas to make extra progress on the studio, but much of that time was absorbed by dealing with doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I got started by finishing the casing to match the style of the steel doors used inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The casing is solid PVC, which will never rot. I expect this room will get the most abuse, being the entry from outside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I also added trim around the attic door, which while perhaps not a source of drafts, was unsightly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I used 2P-10 glue, which is essentially super-glue that sets in 10 seconds, to set the miters before nailing it the whole assembly in place. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Then I started priming the steel interior doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I had to use a respirator because a couple of them had dents that required bondo, and I was using automotive primer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Then I painted them black on one side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I used an alkalyd enamel paint, which is designed to bond well to metal and be very durable.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I then installed the automatic door sweeps, which press downward when the door is closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The mechanism reacts to the door making contact with the jamb and can extend the door bottom as much as 1 in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After letting the paint dry, I flipped them over and spread contact cement both the door and a sheet of veneer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These maple veneer sheets came in 4 ft. x 8 ft. sheets, which I then cut down to about 3 ft. x 7 ft. to fit the door.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After the contact cement was no longer tacky to the touch, I laid the veneer over some dowels to help get it in just the right spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The veneer is backed with paper, which helps keep the extremely thin wood from breaking apart.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Then I rolled it out, removing one dowel at a time, and then scraped it to ensure good adhesion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The roller works well for laying it down initially, but the scraper does most of the real work.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The veneer then had to be trimmed, which I did with a razor knife, and then sanded the edges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’ve had a lot of bad experiences with masking tape, but this one was excellent.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The paint was scratched off around the edges, so I rolled over them using tape to create a clean line between the painted black metal and the wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When the varnish is applied to the wood, it will seal in the black edge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Next I stained the doors with a very slight “natural” color to get them to match the flooring a little better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The final color will be a bit more amber from the varnish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The flooring is still a bit darker and has more red in it, but I think it’s close enough considering they will be perpendicular to each other, so the light will hit them differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The stain mostly just made the grain pop.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Everything was going well, if not a bit slow waiting for paint, glue and stain to dry. And then I made a horrible choice and went with a water-based varnish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I should have used oil-based varnish, but I was trying to cut down on the horrible fumes of this whole process.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The veneer swelled and anywhere that wasn’t perfectly adhered bubbled up. Thankfully, once it dried, I was able to flatten the bubbles out with an iron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The heat of the iron reactivates the rather temperature sensitive contact cement.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After hours of ironing and some very light sanding, I rolled on a thick layer of oil-based polyurethane varnish, which of course created no bubbles. I then sanded that down a bit and finished with two coats of wipe-on poly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Using wipe-on poly at the end is ideal, as it’s a thinner product so it dries faster, reducing dust nibs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With the doors finally done, I set them aside to cure and got to work on the door jambs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These doors have a 2 in. trim, which is fairly narrow, requiring the rough openings to be more exact.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The jambs all needed to be shimmed in a bit, but thankfully the narrow trim covered the drywall edges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Having two doors between the main area and the outside is meant to help with both sound and thermal insulation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I created a template out of wood to ensure the left and right sides of the jambs were square and equidistant with each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The door frames will also need to be caulked around the edges, as they have integrated trim.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Even though all measurements indicate they are spot-on, I am going to wait until I’ve hung a door on them before I paint them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I took some extra time off around Christmas to make extra progress on the studio, but much of that time was absorbed by dealing with doors. I got started by finishing the casing to match the style of the steel doors used inside. I also added trim around the attic door, which while perhaps not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1960"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2030,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960\/revisions\/2030"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studio.parscal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}