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Wooden front door - tidying up advice

  • 23-04-2017 5:51pm
    #1
    Carnmore
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    Can anyone suggest the quickest and cheapest way to tidy up a varnished door? It's a bit faded and the house was pressure washed recently and there are run marks on the door.

    It's just to improve the presentation for a house to be sold.

    Some residents have varnished their door but that hasn't solved the problem - you can still see the marks!

    Thanks in advance.


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  • #2
    seamus
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    You'll get away with a bit of rough sanding to remove any marks or discolouration and then a couple of coats of varnish.


  • #3
    antiskeptic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,555 ✭✭✭antiskeptic


    Carnmore wrote: »
    Can anyone suggest the quickest and cheapest way to tidy up a varnished door? It's a bit faded and the house was pressure washed recently and there are run marks on the door.

    It's just to improve the presentation for a house to be sold.

    Some residents have varnished their door but that hasn't solved the problem - you can still see the marks!

    Thanks in advance.


    Paint it?


  • #4
    Carnmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 407 ✭✭Carnmore


    If I got someone to do this, how much would it cost (approx)?


  • #5
    dodzy
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    Carnmore wrote: »
    If I got someone to do this, how much would it cost (approx)?
    Paint it yourself for less than 40 quid.


  • #6
    antiskeptic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,555 ✭✭✭antiskeptic


    Carnmore wrote: »
    If I got someone to do this, how much would it cost (approx)?

    It'd be hard to get it for less than a days work: travel there and back, waiting around for coats to dry enough to apply next coat. Not worth the hassle for someone to charge much less. 100-150 plus materials

    See if you know someone close who is a little handy with a brush. You don't want someone to make a mess of it, giving the point of tidying it up in the first place. It would take perhaps half a day to prep and apply a few coats - if the person has something else to do whilst the coats dry.

    Water based paint drys quickly enough to get the coats on.


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