DIYbanter - View Single Post - Varnishing Pine Bathroom Door

wrote:
Guys,
a did hear/read a few years ago that you should never 'seal
wood'. My Magnet & Southern doors are Pine and all I do to them is to
oil them with either Pine oil or the cheaper Mangers Teak oil from B &
Q. To initially clean them I use a medium Wire Wool, a fine Wire Wool
will eventually give you a glass like finish. The wood can still
breathe using oil.

Chris.

Doors do most of their breathing through the end grain i.e. top and
bottom edges, which are usually left unfinished