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Can I make raised panels on a cheap interior door?
This might sound cheap but....My house has those cheap hollow interior
doors and I would like to spruce them up a bit. If I replace them all with new raised panel doors, I won't get the money out of them so I thought I could just add some moldings and make my own with the existing doors. Does this sound feasible and\or will this look stupid? Thank for the advise..... Chris |
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Can I make raised panels on a cheap interior door?
On Feb 12, 12:18 am, "Stupid48" wrote:
This might sound cheap but....My house has those cheap hollow interior doors and I would like to spruce them up a bit. If I replace them all with new raised panel doors, I won't get the money out of them so I thought I could just add some moldings and make my own with the existing doors. Does this sound feasible and\or will this look stupid? It is feasible sure. Whether or not it looks stupid depends upon your skill level and your taste. In my mind, skip it. You can't make a silk purse out of a sows ear. It won't increase your homes value so put the time and money elswhere. Buy yourself a few bottles of wine and forget about it. |
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Can I make raised panels on a cheap interior door?
"Stupid48" wrote:
This might sound cheap but....My house has those cheap hollow interior doors and I would like to spruce them up a bit. If I replace them all with new raised panel doors, I won't get the money out of them so I thought I could just add some moldings and make my own with the existing doors. Does this sound feasible and\or will this look stupid? Try the inside of a closet door to see how you like the look. It's done all the time with decorative moulding simulating panels below wainscoting. But folks are not used to seeing real panels there, so it might be easier to get away with. Everyone is used to seeing panel doors, so a "fake" (other than molded plastic fakes) may stand out. If you do much more than simple picture-frame mold, you need to seriously price out your materials versus a cheap molded plastic panel door. For my taste, I'd avoid the simulated grain (looks like someone forgot to sand and properly prime before painting), and then paint it as if it were a real panel door (i.e., panels, then center stiles, then rails, then outer stiles). I'd be tempted to lightly score where joints would be to further improve the illusion. -- Alex -- Replace "nospam" with "mail" to reply by email. Checked infrequently. |
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Can I make raised panels on a cheap interior door?
the (e.g 1/2 x 3/8") trim may end up being expensive esp. if only avail in
oak. You could buy a 2x4 and use an ogee type bit if you have a TS and RT. Compare to doors you have, or doors you will have or like, and a pattern, if not depth "Stupid48" wrote in message oups.com... This might sound cheap but....My house has those cheap hollow interior doors and I would like to spruce them up a bit. If I replace them all with new raised panel doors, I won't get the money out of them so I thought I could just add some moldings and make my own with the existing doors. Does this sound feasible and\or will this look stupid? Thank for the advise..... Chris ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Can I make raised panels on a cheap interior door?
"Stupid48" wrote in message
oups.com... This might sound cheap but....My house has those cheap hollow interior doors and I would like to spruce them up a bit. If I replace them all with new raised panel doors, I won't get the money out of them so I thought I could just add some moldings and make my own with the existing doors. Does this sound feasible and\or will this look stupid? Thank for the advise..... Chris I think it would be a waste of time. Unless you are extremely talented I think they would look like cheap interior doors that someone tried to dress up! Have you considered six panel painted MDF doors? I bought some at Home Depot and like them. You could rehang them on your old frame and keep the stained jambs and trim. Greg |
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Can I make raised panels on a cheap interior door?
After giving this a bit of thought, I'll bet you could do it
realatively cheap. First of all, if you have the cheap plastic coated doors, I would just leave them. Your never going to like the outcome, I can promise you that. If you have Oak, Luan, Birch, or even Pine, then here's an idea. Not raised panel but indented panels. I'm going to talk about oak doors just to keep it simple First of all you need to determine the measurements of the panels. To do this you need to layout the rails and styles of each door. Keep all your styles at 4" (measure 4" in from the hinge side and 4" from the knob side). Your top and next lower rail can also be 4" your middle rail 7-8", your choice, and your bottom rail at 8-9" your choice. You will be cutting the rectangle and square parts out. Here you will need to make a filler to go between the door skins. Use pine or what ever cheap lumber you have lying around. You will also need to remove more of the filler to accomadate this pine. Glue the pine in and clamp. Now make your panels. You can use 1/4, 1/2 or 3/4" plywood for the panels. You will need to make a frame for the panels. This can be out of real oak, or oak plywood with edge banding veneer put on before your cuts. Since we are talking about interior doors you will need to rip these to 1 3/8" to match the thickness of the doors. (measure your doors first) Cut the ripped parts to length using a 45 deg. corner. Dado the centers to accomadate your plywood. Cut your panels to size to fit into the frame. Insert your panel into the frame, glue and nail. Once the glue dries these panels should fit into the holes you cut in the door. Hopefully they are tight, if not shim as required to center and line up with each other. You should be able to shoot a couple of brads into the pine that you put in the door holes earlier. Now, find a suitable material for the casing of these panels. Screen stop comes to mind. If you can't find any, rip some solid oak to 1" by 1/4" thick and install on the frames like you would door casing. Stain to match and you will have a very custom good looking door. Lou You can use any thickness you want for the panel, maybe 1/4 inch. Get a sheet of plywood, (oak plywood if you have oak doors) and rip the sheets down. |
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Can I make raised panels on a cheap interior door?
On Feb 12, 1:18 am, "Stupid48" wrote:
This might sound cheap but....My house has those cheap hollow interior doors and I would like to spruce them up a bit. If I replace them all with new raised panel doors, I won't get the money out of them so I thought I could just add some moldings and make my own with the existing doors. Does this sound feasible and\or will this look stupid? Thank for the advise..... Chris Do a test, closet door inside maybe, and see how it comes out. Though I'm inclined to think it won't be a value added project. A.M. Wood |
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Can I make raised panels on a cheap interior door?
I made (3/8" beading router bit) 1/2" quarter round and 1" outside corner
pieces (rabbet &/or straight, and roundover bits )from std. (spruce?) 2x4'"s on my RT and TS. I think seven 7 footers, all of them into dozens of pieces. The don't all come out straight, or w/o knots, cracks, imperfections, but after sanding, touch up, prime and paint there is a lot of cheap usable stuff for a few bucks. and I have racks of leftovers. "bent" wrote in message ... the (e.g 1/2 x 3/8") trim may end up being expensive esp. if only avail in oak. You could buy a 2x4 and use an ogee type bit if you have a TS and RT. Compare to doors you have, or doors you will have or like, and a pattern, if not depth ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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If you wanted real depth, you could use pieces of plywood, hardboard,
masonite, whiteboard. May get it cheap enough if you plan in, and you are painting. "bent" wrote in message ... if not depth ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Can I make raised panels on a cheap interior door?
Keep in mind that when you buy new 6-panel, or w/e, hollowcore doors,
though painted, are not actually white, its just a primer, and you prob need to paint those too. Some are finish painted white, maybe special order, not the creamy painted ones at my borg ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Can I make raised panels on a cheap interior door?
The 1/2" lays flat on the door. It sticks up 3/8" on the outer edge of the
mitered pieces, and rounded over 3/32" near the inner, in a sort of }parenthesis profile, for lack of a better key. If you layed about a 1/4" thick sheet around the outside it could work, pretending the door itself is the recessed panel. Its about the money, and time. Oh, did you say raised panel? "bent" wrote in message .... the (e.g 1/2 x 3/8") trim may end up being expensive esp. if only avail in oak. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Can I make raised panels on a cheap interior door?
You would just have to shift the doorstop, using the same hinges and
locksetting. You could angle a cut on a thinner piece for the center of the panels, and/or route the sheet instead of making a raised trim, which looks good painted on my fuse panel door. "bent" wrote in message ... If you wanted real depth, you could use pieces of plywood, hardboard, masonite, whiteboard. May get it cheap enough if you plan in, and you are painting. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Can I make raised panels on a cheap interior door?
On 11 Feb 2007 22:18:18 -0800, "Stupid48" wrote:
This might sound cheap but....My house has those cheap hollow interior doors and I would like to spruce them up a bit. If I replace them all with new raised panel doors, I won't get the money out of them so I thought I could just add some moldings and make my own with the existing doors. Does this sound feasible and\or will this look stupid? It's very feasible, and even pretty easy if you're careful. Looking stupid is another matter entirely, and is up to your personal taste. I've had to do this in the past for customers at their request, and it generally doesn't look all that bad. Since you're apply wood to the surface, it's not a bad idea to think about ideas that you wouldn't normally see on the doors in question, like making some sort of geometric grid with 1/4" strips that are jointed togther before application rather than simple wooden panels with a routed edge. Another idea is to add not only the raised panels, but to also add a thin raised border around the edge that matches the profile of the panels. Or, and I like this idea better, you could just make new doors- it's not as big of a hardship with interior doors, as you don't have different temperature and humidity levels on opposide sides, the way you do with an exterior door. |
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