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Default Need to refinish a mahogany front entry door

On 6/7/2012 6:53 AM, Doug wrote:
All,

Need to refinish my mahogany front entry door - would like to undertake this myself,
however not clear this would be the best course of action.

Understand that finishing in place is not practical and I do not have a spare door to put
in place while the door is off being refinished.

Spraying a large surface with multiple coasts of spar varnish in the house is also not a
good idea.

Found a local shop that does this work - they remove your door to their shop for 7-10
days, and install a temporary door by screwing it to the door jam.

While that may be a secure way to install the door - am not receptive to having 6 screw
holes left in the door frame.


Call me dense, but it's not really a temporary "door" if it's screwed to the
jamb, is it? I guess in order to get in and out of the house you have to use
an alternate door for that 7-10 days? Wouldn't it be possible for them to hang
a temporary door off the existing hinges along with your handle and lock
hardware so you could actually *use* the thing, and so that you wouldn't have
to repair any damage to the jamb afterwords? Doesn't seem that difficult to me...

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