Building house: Paint grade wood versus stain grade?
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Curioustress asked:
We are building a house that has a room with french doors. It has wooden doors that I would like to have stained, not painted.
We are building a house that has a room with french doors. It has wooden doors that I would like to have stained, not painted.
My request was answered with the following explanation …
We were told because it was paint grade wood, that it could not be stained.
Is this true … please explain the difference and if there is any way to “get around this.”
I really want them stained instead of painted!
Thanks and Merry Christmas!
Bernice
July 7th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
You CAN stain the door. The difference between paint grade and stain grade woods like doors and trim is that the paint grade wood is usually comprised of finger-joint wood and stain grade wood is one continuous piece of wood.
The door will look fine If the door doesn’t have a lot of joints. If you don’t like it after you’ve stained it you can simply rough up the service (after the stain has dried and cured) and put a coat of primer over the stain, then paint it.
July 9th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
You can stain paint grade wood, but it won’t look very nice, because of the finger joints and the overall quality of the wood.
July 10th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
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