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August 12, 2017 18:06

Finishing doors with their hands

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In a beautiful, thoughtful interior every detail matters.room design will be incomplete without a carefully and tastefully decorated door.Furthermore, it is possible to make the central door part premises if properly decorate it.In this article, we will tell you about the methods and the intricacies of finishing doors with their hands.

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Selection of materials

In today's construction market, you can find a variety of materials for finishing the front door.Their diversity will enable radically change the appearance of the structure.For example, the door of the metal can be designed so that it can not be distinguished from a wooden or marble.When working with the front door it is important to consider not only the decorative component, but also take into account the reliability and strength of the material, its resistance to various types of damage.It is known that the outer side of the structure facing the street or in the entrance, will be exposed to adverse factors, which include humidity, temperature changes, the physical effects of the hands of vandals.So what kind of materials can be used to finish the outside of the front door?Let us consider a few options:

  1. finishing metal doors can be made using the powder coating.During such work surface is covered with a special composition which is heated to high temperatures, and after cooling is transformed into a dense and durable polymeric film.This film is not afraid of almost any mechanical stress.
  2. the outer surface of the front door you can give a kind of natural stone.To create this effect on a door glued elements like texture with imitation, and the covering material is a blend of acrylic and composite stone.Decorated in this way the surface has excellent strength characteristics and is afraid only of aggressive chemicals.
  3. first two options are difficult to implement on their own, because in facing the door one of the methods described above need to have available special equipment and tools.But there are other materials that can be easily mounted by hand.These materials include: MDF panels, wood paneling, a film of PVC, veneer and laminate.

As for the interior trim front door, there is a high strength and wear resistance are not so important, much more attention is paid to the decorative facing properties.If you want to see the interior, designed in the same style, material requisitions for the registration of the door should be given particular attention.There are important aspects such as color, texture, texture of the material, its compliance with the overall design of the room.The interior door trim can be made of wood, leather or artificial leather, plastic parts, self-adhesive film.Finishing doors MDF panels - also a great option of registration, because such panels can simulate the very different materials and textures.The most inexpensive and easiest option may be considered common painting surface.

few tips on registration of the inner surface of the front door:

  1. If the layout of the apartment is such that the doors of rooms are located in the hallway, they, together with the inner surface of the front door, it is desirable to draw in the same style and color scheme.
  2. In a small hallway, you can visually expand the space, if you make the front door mirror.
  3. insulated door is also better on the inside, especially if you live in an apartment building.First, the external insulation is not as effective as internally, and second, soft upholstery can stain or damage by carelessness or maliciously.

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Decorating the front door with your hands

Consider two of the most popular and simple design options the front door.First, analyze the points of the process of finishing the surface of the laminate:

  1. To carry out the work it was more convenient, first remove the door and place it in a horizontal position.Then remove all the speakers and volume items: pens, eyes, locks, convex trim elements.
  2. Installing laminate is carried out on a special wooden slats.Cut the pieces of the desired length and fix them on the perimeter of the structure.When you work with a wooden door slats can be nailed with small nails to attach the metal surface of the rails with the help of liquid nails.
  3. Make laminate fragments whole cloth, firmly and tightly connecting elements between them.
  4. to measure the distance between the rails fixed on the door.These indicators move in the shield of the laminate and cut extreme pieces to size.
  5. Cover the door with an adhesive composition, let it soak in a bit, then attach to the surface of the laminate and leave under pressure for some time.Do not remove the goods until such time until the glue is completely dry.
  6. last stage facing the door is the reverse of installation previously dismantled elements.

Instead laminate for the decoration of the front door, you can use veneer.On sale you can find a special veneer, one side of which is covered with adhesive and protected by a layer of paper.veneering process can be described in stages:

  1. As in the previous case, before you start you need to remove the door and place it horizontally.Then try on veneer strips on the door leaf without removing material with a protective paper layer.
  2. Adjust elements in drawing and apply them numerals, so that subsequently confused details.
  3. door trim veneer is desirable to start with the construction ends, it is necessary to ensure that at the end of the process to close the end of the last veneer and make it invisible.
  4. Apply veneer parts on the surface of the door one by one, removing them from the paper layer and proglazhivaya hot iron, so that the glue grabbed.To iron iron veneer can only be through the paper so as not to damage the material.
  5. Carefully inspect the joints of the elements in the process.If you see gaps, correct the situation by ironing the right place again, and then lifting the veneer thin spatula and place it in the correct position.

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finishing interior doors with their hands

In the case of interior doors strength and wear resistance are not as important as its decorative qualities.Interior door can be a real highlight of the interior, if the matter is approached with imagination and make enough effort.There are many ways to finish these doors, here we look at some of them.

Simple and inexpensive: painting interior door

One of the low-cost cost, time and efforts door design options considered her painting.To work need these tools:

  • paint the desired shade;
  • brushes of different sizes;
  • segment of sandpaper;
  • adhesive tape to protect the non-staining elements.

process of dyeing the door is quite simple and consists of several actions:

  1. Prepare the door for painting.Remove it with all the details and the protruding elements.If the design has a glass insert, paste over the protective tape.
  2. surface before painting should be carefully polished and free of irregularities.Check the smoothness of the door and treat it with sand paper if necessary.
  3. picked a paint color, be guided by the old hue door, if it has been previously painted.The material used most often acrylic or alkyd compositions, as well as ordinary oil paints.
  4. Handle door is best in the open air because of evaporation from the paint are often toxic and can be harmful to health.
  5. brushes work must be of different sizes.Broad brush is convenient to paint large areas and for a small tool for small and narrow elements.Pile from brushes should be soft enough.
  6. Lock design in a comfortable position.Open the jar of paint, mix up, pick up a brush and pick the right size door a coat of paint.
  7. Allow the first coat to dry completely, then paint the surface of another 1 or 2 times, depending on the result that you want to obtain.
  8. After complete drying of the first treated surface, turn the door upside down and repeat all the steps again.

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Finishing lacquer doors

Sometimes instead of paint the door is covered with transparent varnish.Particularly relevant in this case, trim when the door is made of wood and has a nice texture and a natural wood pattern.The process of painting the doors can be described as follows:

  1. Before starting work, the surface should be well prepared.The door leaf must be smooth and free of irregularities and roughness, as long as they are not provided specifically.All these disadvantages can be eliminated by using sandpaper.
  2. new and previously varnished wood, have to cover the material several times, since the soft porous wood structure quickly absorbs paint.
  3. lacquering door has a number of advantages.Firstly, the natural appearance of the material is retained as a result of such work.Secondly, the lacquer layer is moisture, protecting the door rot, mold, corrosion.Third, the physical damage to the lacquered surface is easy to disguise, covering the damaged area to the new layer means.Unlike paint, the treated area will not be any way to stand out from the crowd.
  4. lacquering process door is almost no different from painting.Dismantled structures should be convenient to lay in a horizontal position, remove from her all the fittings to protect the glass, if any, and then open the surface of the layer of lacquer.Having a means to dry out, the door can be treated with lacquer 1-2 times.
  5. to work, you can use brushes of different sizes or rolls.The acrylic or gloss lacquer suitable as a finishing material.

Before varnishing doors, some people cover the wood stain.It gives the material a color saturation which can be adjusted by means of applying one or more layers.After the procedure, staining the door becomes a little darker shade of it resembles the color of precious wood.Subsequent coating serves to emphasize the texture of wood and drawing, as well as make the surface glossy and luxurious look.However, some people prefer not to use varnish and leave the door mat.

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door cladding vinyl stickers

One simple and low-cost ways to decorate an interior door is sticking vinyl stickers.Incidentally, this method of decorating help hide small defects and damage on the surface, for example scratches.Preparing the surface before applying the stickers is not a big deal.The door must be easy to clean from dust and other dirt, and then degrease with alcohol or acetone.Attaching the stickers as follows:

  1. to work you need a comfortable pair of scissors, a piece of soft tissue, hair dryer and direct vinyl sticker.First, attach the image to the surface of the door, and define the place where it will be.
  2. Then remove the sticker from the backing, attach one end of the label to the door and, gradually smoothing the material, glue the picture completely.
  3. again carefully smooth the image with a soft cloth to a vinyl left air bubbles.
  4. Wait 15-20 minutes and then very carefully remove the vinyl stickers foil.Try to avoid damage to the process of drawing.If some portions of the film are taken ill, heat these places hairdryer and try again.

use of vinyl stickers is good for the fact that the drawing bored you can always easily remove it simply heating hairdryer and become detached from the surface.

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Decoupage interior doors

beautiful and unusual design technique of interior doors is decoupage.This design is suitable for indoor, made in retro-style, or in the "country" style.decoupage technique a little more complicated than ordinary painting door sticker or vinyl stickers.However, for such work does not necessarily involve specialists, perform all the actions you can own hands.As materials for decoupage, you can use napkins with different images, but it is easier to just buy a special decoupage card in the store.Consider the whole process step by step operation:

  1. Getting Started, first prepare the door leaf.Shoot from loops it is not necessary, but to thoroughly clean all the same necessary.Wash the door with soapy water, clean water, and then dry thoroughly.
  2. Using masking tape to highlight an area on which the work will be carried out.Adhesive tape pasted on the perimeter of the work area, will protect the rest of the door area from pollution.
  3. Deal door primer, then rub it with paraffin and paint white acrylic enamel.When enamel is dry, paint the door again in the desired shade, it is desirable that it was combined with the overall interior color scheme.
  4. decoupage Using the map, they must first be soaked in cold water for about 10 minutes.After that, you can start decorating the door.
  5. Remove the card out of the water, remove excess moisture with a dry cloth and cover the treated area door, as well as the back of the picture with white glue.Then transfer the pattern on the work surface and flatten it carefully with a soft cloth, expelling all the air bubbles.If in the process of an edge or any part of the picture slightly blurred, we can give them the clarity of using glitter.
  6. Dove image is completely dry, treat the outlines filler, and when it hardens, polish the surface with fine sandpaper.
  7. With all the same sandpaper door can be artificially aged by creating rubbing on other parts of the door leaf.
  8. Ready drawing and the entire surface of the door cover with varnish.

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Craquelure door

craquelure technique will allow you to make unusual interior doors and original.If you like antique and retro style, I love antiques, see our instructions for the original design of the door.The secret is technology that is applied to the working surface 2 lacquer layer with a different composition and consistency of the intensity of drying.Work on the design of the door in this way is carried out in several stages:

  1. First, remove the door from its hinges and lay it horizontally.Clean the fabric from dust and dirt, and then degrease.
  2. Coat the prepared surface krakelyurnym lacquer and wait for it to dry.
  3. then pick the door leaf is another layer of varnish, but the second time you need to use a special substance was aged, which includes bitumen.It will help to make bitumen cracks formed more expressive and crisp.For reasons of economy and ease of use, some people do not enjoy were aged varnish.They simply reveal the door krakelyurnym one component composition, and then paint it a contrasting paint color.
  4. When one door surface is processed and dried, the construction should be inverted and perform the job again.

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Stained glass painting

Another interesting option is a decorative door trim painted stained glass windows.

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