Over time, even new finishing materialsbecome unusable and lose their appearance, sometimes it happens that the finishing is simply boring, and its replacement or restoration is required. Therefore, the renovation of doors, windows and other materials is not always combined with dilapidation and complete destruction. During the renovation work, it happens that interior doors lose their attractiveness and do not completely match the new design of the room.
Updating the interior door is necessary in thosecases when the door covering has lost its appearance or the door does not match the new interior of the room. The way out of this situation is to carry out restoration work to change the appearance and appearance. With the help of great desire and your own creativity, you can renew old doors made of any materials.
Preparing the door
Before starting finishing work, it is necessary to removedoors from their hinges, disassemble all the fittings and other elements: glass, mirrors, etc. The fittings may not only be old, but also not perform their functional tasks, so this is a very good reason to replace them with new, better quality and modern ones.
Before painting the door, it is necessary to remove itall fittings and other elements. Before removing old paint, remove the glazing beads that hold the glass and mirrors from the canvas. To save time, it is not necessary to clean the old glazing beads - they can and should be replaced with new, more aesthetic ones. Over time, the canvas may dry out or become crooked. Before restoring it, remove the old paint and varnish coating and only then seal the cracks. This is done using a building hair dryer. The high temperature, acting on the paint, softens it and makes it possible to quickly and easily remove it with a spatula. Return to the table of contents</a>
Restoration works and their variants
Restoring doors with your own hands will beconsist of sealing the resulting cracks with a special wood filler or putty. After the canvas has completely dried, the areas where the putty was applied should be sanded with sandpaper and polished with a material with a finer grain. Since the putty and filler can be used in a completely different color, the color can be evened out using drying oil or stain.
Before painting the door, it must be cleanedold paintwork and seal all the cracks. After that, you can apply paint or varnish, thereby updating the appearance and giving an aesthetic design. You can update interior spaces by decorating:
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Recommendations and technology for sticking paper decorations
Having decided on the material for updating interior doors and wanting to use paper wallpaper to decorate them, you should follow this sequence:
It is necessary to cover the door with paint evenly, and in hard-to-reach places you should use a thin brush.
It is worth dwelling separately on decoration.glass or mirror inserts. Using modern materials, namely stained glass paints and blanks, you can create a unique and individual design in your room. Having fixed the stencil on the base, the drawing along the contour is outlined with black or dark paint. After the paint has dried, you can paint the ornaments with any of the shades you like. Using more modern technologies, you can use sandblasting machines and apply any pattern. But this technology cannot be used at home. This can only be done in workshops. If there is no time to deal with radical changes and reconstruction of the old door leaf, you can buy vinyl stickers and mask old and deep scratches and cracks with them. The range of products is surprising in its variety and quantity, so choosing individual solutions will not be difficult. Return to contents</a>
Required inventory
During the restoration process you may need:
- screwdriver or screwdriver;
- chisel;
- grinding machine or grinders of different granularity;
- a mixing tank for putty and putty, spatula;
- brushes for painting.
With a little intelligence and enthusiasm,You can create a real work of design art that will attract attention for many years and make you proud of the efforts you put in.
