Hardwood door finish

How about oiling it? I find oil to be a very pleasing and easy to maintain finish.

What is the wood?

I did wonder about oil, but there is a possibility that I might want to use a darker colour if I don't like the light colour.

I guess it is Sapele, cheap and cheerful.

If so, it'll go red as soon as you put even a clear finish on it. Wet it with water or white spirit to get an idea of how it'll look. Sapele does bleach rather well though if you can be bothered.

Thanks, I did wonder.

Oxalic acid?

A woodstain that doesn't stain? thats a gooden. ;-)

Take a picture of part of the wall that has the old door on and then take another picture of the same positon with the new door on use paintshop to highlight the wood in different light shades. Personally I prefer light wood doors as it makes things look clean along with wood flooring in the same colour.

I think I guessed wrong. I've now had another look and compared it with wood that I know is Sapele, this is lighter.

Here's a photo (with a wet bit) if anyone knows:

The colour, even wet, is pretty good. So I'm looking for a sealant that will not darken it. That's what I meant by "a wood stain that doesn't stain".

Beech is light, and I cant get to that jpg?

Clear varnish will give the same result either gloss or satin.

Sadolin used to do a 'colourless' stain - interior use only. Any good?

Lynet

No, a 2 part peroxide bleach. Part 1 will turn it alarmingly dark. Leave it to dry, then lightly sand. Part 2 doesn't look promising either until it's completely dry. It seems like you're back to square one, except you shouldn't get the red when you finish it. Not a procedure to be undertaken lightly. It's messy, requires synthetic fibre brushes, plastic gloves, and should really be done outdoors.

The wet bit looks a bit on the warm side to me.

Used to do a what? Do they do transparent paint as well?

Needs to be for exterior use, but that's the sort of thing. I've just have bad experiences with varnish, so I'd rather get something a bit more flexible.

Fitted a cheap door from Wickes which looks similar in colour to your jpeg. We used their clear professional "woodstain" - that what it says on the tin anyway :) It did what it said in that it didn't change the colour, but I'm not completely convinced about it's waterproofing properties...

Lee

You can still get that - they call it white spirit.

I went here with my windows. Basically you are out of luck.

The woodstatins with stain in them have UV inhibitors, which stopes the UV light damageing the wood. This damage is seen by the wood going silver/grey.

U/V inhibitors are very expensive, so in clear products you are needing to buy expensive boat varnish, and appy 8+ layers, every 3-5 years.

In the end I went with the sikens range.

Rick

I love that look.