'Old Pine' stain for new doors

[robgraham]

I'm in Scotland and have a cottage with old pine doors which have mellowed over a lot of years to soft honey colour. These are bar and batten doors (planks held togther with 3 straps) and I need to replace two of them because they have twisted over the years (no it's not CH, they were twisted before I installed that). What suggestions can be given for the type of pine I should use and the appropriate finish.

Sometime last year I stayed in hostel in the northwest of Scotland and the woodwork was exactly what I was looking for - because the wood was so low in knots I wondered whether it was 'white' wood that had been stained and sealed in some way - but with what?

Rob

[Lee Michaels]

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!!

[Ed Clarke]

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?

[robgraham]

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

[Ed Clarke]

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.