'Old Pine' stain for new doors

Rob, you might try to contact the hostel and find out what they used. It was probably a local craftperson who may be willing to share his"secrets".

Even if you have to buy him a drink or so!!

I'm wondering if repair might do instead of a replacement. Can you take down two doors and have enough good wood to replace at least one?

OK - I was trying to keep the post simple and not mention that all the facings and skirtings need doing for 4 doors and 18 feet of passageway.

Dismantling the doors would be an interesting option, particularly as the 'craftsperson' who made them used a large number of nails to compensate for no cross braces.

I liked the idea of contacting the possible craftsperson but the hostel is 250 miles away and was part of a large hotel - more than likely no one would have clue who did the work let alone what I was talking about.

Rob

Ok, so this is more than repair two doors. To really help you, we'd need some good photographs of the existing color and wood on a web site somewhere.