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How to Update an Old Door : Planing a Door when Remodeling

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Uploaded by on Oct 2, 2007

A painting expert shows you how to plane a door prior to re-painting in this free video on updating old doors.

Expert: Grady Johnson
Bio: Grady Johnson is an actor, director and producer who has performed and worked in the theatre for over 25 years.
Filmmaker: Grady Johnson

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  • A block plane is used for endgrain not for planing doors. You should be using a no4 or no5 stanley min on a door and run in the same direction as the wood gain not agiainst it like this guy did and had some wood tear out. This fellow is not a expert he is a "shoe maker"

  • What size blade does this planer have? Can I do it with a one inch blade?

  • I think you should get a little help from the magic gripper interesting video

  • i did this to a door i had, two months later i bought a table saw, door looks great.

  • use a planer electrical...jajajajajajajaaja­ja very, very,very, practical.

  • Hack City!! Try using a Porter Cable Model 126 Door Planer. You should always put a bevel on the door. If you dont have a planer you could use a table saw with a 3 degree bevel.

  • Maybe you should take a look at some video's of Christopher Schwarz or lie-nielsen to learn how to use a plane properly. You can only plane wood in one direction otherwise you going to get thear-out. To learn more about this just google tear-out together with planning. This will give you a smooth results which doesn't need sanding

  • When you Plane wood you always have to follow the grain, So on the top or bottom of the door its best to mark however much you need to take off with a marking gauge/Saint like patience and a pencil then use a good saw and cut around 2 mil above the mark you made. This gives you enough space to get busy with some sandpaper and make sure it even.

  • What about material on TOP or Bottom of a door that scapes the carpet ? Can this area be Planed as well?

  • Hey! Our back door is so old (in our apartment) that the wood expanded in the summer heat and now the door is too close to the frame. Making it difficult to open the door. We were considering planing the door without taking it off. Can we do that properly? How about the untreated wood (as a result of planing the door) what sort of wood treatment would keep it from rotting or absorbing any more moisture thanks! Just looking for a cheap solution as we don't really own this place, just renting.

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