Keep original interior doors, or not?

Pixied

Hi

My house is about 50 years old. It still has the original interior white plain doors.

The problem is the doors have been painted badly over the years so they don't look great. They are off white with bumpy old paint from years of coats.

Should I replace or rescue?

Someone mentioned I could get them taken down and stripped in a vat of acid somewhere? Not sure who would do this, painter or carpenter..

Or would I be better off and cheaper to get new doors fitted?

Any help appreciated. I'm not very good at this kind of thing.

Thanks
Pix

Markcheese

Do you like the doors apart from the iffy paint job ?
I doubt it'll be cheap to do , but getting new doors ,and then hanging them won't be cheap either ...

Pixied

Markcheese wrote: »

Do you like the doors apart from the iffy paint job ?
I doubt it'll be cheap to do , but getting new doors ,and then hanging them won't be cheap either ...

Thanks. I’m fine with the old doors, if they were cleaned up.

But, I would prefer to know which is probably the cheaper option. Also, which would be easier to keep going forward.

mickdw

You could take them back to bare timber with a good stripper then get them professionally prepped and painted.

dok_golf

https://www.dipstrip.ie/ It's generally caustic soda they use for dipping.

crossmolinalad

Electric paintstripper and a good scraper
Took me 45 minutes a door to strip

Pixied

Thanks a mill everyone.

I need to get someone else to do the job as I'm asthmatic, and not handy

The doors are not solid, and there are at least 7 of them. I would love if someone could take them, strip them and refit. Otherwise I'm looking at new doors and probably architraves..as the existing ones need stripping also.

I think its one of those jobs that could get bigger then I want!

delboythedub

Take them down and give them a good sanding

seannash

Pixied wrote: »

Thanks a mill everyone.

I need to get someone else to do the job as I'm asthmatic, and not handy

The doors are not solid, and there are at least 7 of them. I would love if someone could take them, strip them and refit. Otherwise I'm looking at new doors and probably architraves..as the existing ones need stripping also.

I think its one of those jobs that could get bigger then I want!

Not solid, so hollowcore doors... I wouldnt say they are worth the effort to strip them down. But it all depends on if you want to pay for new doors.
Try donedeal and search for internal doors you might pick up a few nice ones