How to repair an interior door with artificial turf. Do-it-yourself wooden door repair

If you look with horror at your interior doors with peeling paint, no longer hiding flaws with adhesive film, chips and cracks, but the budget is written to the penny, it's time to start restoration. It is this measure that will allow you to quickly and efficiently restore the canvas without resorting to buying new doors.

Usually made of plastic, glass, wood and its derivatives. And there are many different methods of restoration, but the most important stage is the cleaning and preparation of the canvas. It is important to carefully remove all traces of paintwork, grease, old seals, align the canvas so that in the future the door looks like new.

Preparing a wooden door for restoration. Removing hardware and paint

The first thing to do is to carefully remove the door from its hinges and lay it on the floor or four stools.

Loops can be invisible, mortise, screw-in, removable and non-removable card. Since the entire door leaf will be restored, the hinges must be temporarily completely dismantled. To do this, unscrew all the bolts and caps, pry the door from below with a crowbar, lift it, remove it and set it aside.

In addition to the hinges, you should remove all other fittings that will interfere with further work.

Video - How to quickly remove the door from the hinges

How to remove paint. Method one - grinding

If the door is flat, and there are a lot of layers of paint, it is worth taking the canvas outside and trying to clean it with a grinder. The work is quite dusty, the grinding wheels clog quickly, but the result will not be long in coming.

Method two - the use of chemistry

On sale you can find various solvents and destroyers of old paint. One of them is B52. Principle of operation: surface wetting, waiting, cleaning of peeled coatings with a spatula.

In addition to the fact that this work is very difficult and harmful (solvent vapors are unsafe for health), it is worth noting that chemistry cannot cope with a large number of layers of the old coating. Therefore, this method is applicable only for cleaning small areas of the door with a thin layer of old paint.

You can make your own paint stripping mixture by mixing caustic soda, water, and oatmeal until thick. This slurry should be spread over the canvas, and after 30-50 minutes it should be cleaned off with a metal spatula along with the swollen paint layer.

It is important to use gloves and a respirator!

Method three - using a gas burner

For fire safety reasons, work must only be carried out outdoors. The paint heated by the burner comes off easily, but at the same time it can smoke and exude pungent odors.

This method is applicable only if you know how to handle the burner, have prepared a sufficient supply of cylinders and are ready to warn the neighbors about upcoming work.

Method four - using a building hair dryer

This method is the most productive and safe. Even if the layers of paint applied several decades ago are on the doors, they will easily peel off, and there will be no smells of burning or chemicals during operation.

Heat the paint and scrape off with a sharp spatula. Be careful not to damage the wood. Do not lean over the door as the air jet temperatures are around 600 degrees.

Method five - soft blasting

The method involves gentle, careful removal of complex dirt and old paintwork from metal, glass, wooden canvases. In this case, the door leaf will not be damaged. When working together with a jet of compressed air, Armex biodegradable cleaning agent will be applied to the surface of the door.

The main disadvantage of such a seemingly ideal method is the inability to perform work at home, the need to deliver the door to the workshop and the associated costs.

Method six - Using a drill and nozzle

The stores sell special abrasive brush heads that are worn on a drill. Metal fibers will remove old paint, but there is a chance of damage to the wood of the canvas. To process the entire door, you may need not one, but several interchangeable nozzles, the cost of which is 120-170 rubles apiece.

Video - Soft blasting

Puttying a wooden door

After all layers of old paint are removed, you should take sandpaper, fix it on the holder and carefully sand the door, making movements along the line of fibers. This measure will remove paint from hard-to-reach areas, smooth out scratches and chips.

After grinding, we vacuum the door and wipe it with white spirit, degreasing it.

Open a jar of primer, mix and apply the composition on the door with a thin layer. will extend the life of wood and serve as the basis for a new paintwork. The average primer consumption is 100 grams per 1 square meter of canvas. The average price of a package weighing 2.5 kg is 280-350 rubles.

With a narrow spatula, we apply mixed putty for wood. Spread it out and let it dry. After that, you will have to once again process the entire door with fine-grained sandpaper to eliminate all the smallest defects.

If there is a large deep crack on the door, it can be eliminated by choosing a piece of wood that is suitable in size and color. We coat the sliver with carpentry glue and drive it tightly into the crack. After about a day, the glue will dry and the door will be ready for priming, puttying and painting.

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Putties

We strengthen the door

If your door has dried out from old age and is no longer strong enough, it is recommended to strengthen the canvas and the frame. And this must be done immediately after the preparation, but before the staining process.

If the canvas is deformed, a planer will help correct the geometry. We remove excess wood with a tool, simultaneously checking the accuracy of the corners with a joiner's metal square.

If the door dried out and closed very loosely, a large gap was visible between the canvas and the frame, it is necessary to cut a thin rail from plywood or board and nail it to the end face of the restored door. Then we process the rail with a file or planer, precisely adjusting the dimensions.

You can strengthen the door leaf with metal corners. But so that the door does not lose its attractiveness, you should pay attention to the decorative carved corners and install them (nail them with thin nails or fix them with self-tapping screws) after painting the canvas. Don't forget to get a new doorknob, stylistically matching the curly corners.

Replacing cracked glass

Cracked or simply outdated cloudy glass is not difficult to replace with your own hands. In its place, you can install a new one, for example, matte or transparent, tinted or sandblasted, embossed or smooth, colored or plain.

Note! If the glass has a thickness of 10 mm (triplex), then it is not advisable to replace it. Firstly, it is very expensive, and secondly, it is almost impossible for an inexperienced person to cope with such a task on his own.

Case 1. Glass is fixed with glazing beads

The easiest way to replace glass is fixed with glazing beads. It is enough to dismantle them, and then remove the glass with your hands. We arm ourselves with pliers and a metal spatula. We hook the bead with a spatula, and carefully pull out the carnations with pliers.

With a chisel or knife, we clean the glass bed. We make measurements. If the opening is non-standard, we make a figured pattern out of cardboard. At the same time, we take into account that the size of the glass should be slightly smaller than the opening. We wipe the glass with a soapy sponge, dry it with a clean rag, transfer the pattern from the pattern and cut it.

Attention! Use gloves to avoid cutting your hands. Perform work on a flat surface with a serviceable glass cutter.

We process the perimeter of the glass opening with sealant, after which we insert the cut piece, saw new glazing beads with a jigsaw and fasten them with thin carnations.

Case 2. Glass has a hidden fixation

If the glass has a hidden fixation, you will have to disassemble the door by unscrewing the bolts, removing the old glass and inserting a new one. Silicone cannot be used in this case, since it will not be possible to subsequently replace it. A significant disadvantage of replacing glass in such doors is that after assembly, the canvas may lose its geometry and will require editing with a planer.

By the way, instead of glass, you can use an acrylic shatterproof mirror. It is quite light, durable, highly decorative and easy to cut.

Find out about the top 10 options for how to do it in our new article.

We paint the door

A door prepared in accordance with all the rules can be painted. We perform the work in two stages - applying the main layer of white paint and toning.

We choose a matte paint for wood, apply it with an airbrush or a brush, moving the brush along the fibers. We apply one layer, making sure that smudges do not appear.

Important! If there is a glass insert, then we must seal it with masking tape so as not to stain the surface with paint.

For toning, choose a glossy or matte paint of any color, for example, dark brown. We paint over the canvas in the same way. If necessary, apply another layer, but only after the previous one has dried. The more layers of paint, the more saturated the shade will be. But do not get carried away and create too thick a coating.

Important! Be sure to prepare and restore the door frame. Otherwise, the updated door will not contrast favorably with the wooden surfaces adjacent to it.

When the paint dries, you can apply a layer of glossy varnish or proceed with the installation of door handles.

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Construction paint

Video - Do-it-yourself door restoration

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You can restore not only wooden, but also. Before work, it is desirable to remove the canvas and lay it horizontally. This will make the job easier.

Step 1. We dismantle or cover with masking tape the door handle, peephole, and other fittings.

Step 2. With a metal brush or a drill with a nozzle, we clean off all traces of corrosion. We grind the surface with sandpaper (grain size 80-150). We vacuum the canvas and process it with a solvent.

Step 3. We process the door with car polish. It is not recommended to use wood fillers, as they do not adhere well to metal. The car polish will hide all the dents and micro-scratches formed after cleaning the rust. We smooth the applied polish with a spatula. The drying time of the composition is about 30-40 minutes.

Step 4. We polish the entire surface of the door with sandpaper with a grit of 400. We wipe the canvas with a clean, damp cloth, and then degrease it using a grease remover.

Step 5. We apply an anti-corrosion primer for metal to the door. In work it is convenient to use a roller and a narrow brush. After the primer layer has completely dried, re-grind the canvas with fine-grained sandpaper.

Step 6. Paint the door with metal paint. There may be several layers, but each subsequent one is applied only after the previous ones have dried. To apply paint, use a roller and brushes or an airbrush. Don't forget gloves and a respirator.

Similarly, we clean and paint the door frame, then remove the masking tape, mount the fittings and hang the door in its rightful place.

Thus, it is possible to restore not the entire surface of the door, but only a small area, but it is important to choose the tone-on-tone paint.

How to laminate an interior door with a film

For pasting doors, it is better not to use cheap PVC film, but to give preference to a durable “self-adhesive” D-C-FIX. Such a film is guaranteed to last more than 10 years, will not fade in the sun and will not rub.

The film is sold in rolls 45, 90 and 67.5 cm wide. The length of the roll is 15 m. The average retail price of this German film is 1,700 rubles. From a huge assortment, it is not difficult to choose an option with an imitation of wood, stone, an abstract or other pattern that suits a particular interior.

Glue the film should be carefully, enlisting someone's help. It is desirable to cut according to patterns, and immediately remove small bubbles with a wide plastic spatula. If the bubble does not go away, you can pierce it with a thin needle. For better plasticity, the film can be heated with a hairdryer.

Note! can be restored using glue-based veneer. We press the material to the canvas and heat it with an iron. We cut off the excess. We leave the restored door leaf for a while, pressing the pasted veneer with sandbags.

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Self-adhesive film

Video - Pasting MDF with veneer

Video - How to glue D-C-FIX film

Video - The principle of gluing the film

How to replace door hinges. Photo instruction

We apply a loop, with an awl we outline tattoos under the drill, carefully cut the veneer with a blade

Video - Installing hinges on an interior door

During operation, various microdamages appear on the interior doors, which lead to a failure in the operation of the structure, affect its external aesthetic appearance and functioning. To prevent the complete destruction of the door frame or leaf and restore their original properties, interior doors are repaired.

Most of the defects can be eliminated independently. The main thing in this problem is to understand the device of the door, identify the cause of the appearance of damage, cracks, scratches and remove them in time. Repair work can be carried out so that this process does not take much time and costs minimal.

This instruction will help you figure out how to repair interior doors yourself if there are defects, cracks and scratches, how they can be eliminated without resorting to the help of a master.

Causes of defects

The most common causes of defects can be:

1. Sagging canvas.
2. The interior door in the apartment closes or opens poorly.
3. The formation of gaps.

When is a repair needed?

With the timely detection of breakdowns, minor repairs of wooden doors are performed.

After installing the door block, experts recommend periodically conducting a thorough inspection of the structure for damage, cleaning the box and door leaf from dirt and dust, adjusting and lubricating the hinges and platbands, and coating with special anti-corrosion compounds. If you neglect preventive measures, it will be much more difficult to repair a wooden door, you may have to completely change it.

In the absence of care for the interior door, problems such as:

• the sash sags and scratches the floor;
• creak;
• the canvas staggers on the hinges;
• the doors do not close well, they are tight in the box;
• cracks in the door block due to its excessive drying;
• veneer peeled off;
• paint comes off the surface of the canvas.

The reasons for such problems are improper operation of interior doors, low-quality cheap products and violation of production technology.

Necessary tools and materials

To repair a wooden door with your own hands, the following tools and supplies are needed, such as:

1. roulette;
2. sharp knife;
3. Phillips or flat screwdriver;
4. chisel;
5. simple hammer;
6. hammer with rubber gasket;
7. screwdriver;
8. plane;
9. drill;
10. fasteners;
11. screws;
12. dowels;
13. wooden wedges;
14. axe;
15. mounting foam;
16. rags for cleaning the canvas;
17. spray WD-40 to remove plaque.

How to remove and repair interior door leaf?

Repair of wooden doors is carried out after removal from the hinges on which they are held. To do this, visually inspect them, determine the type.

Loops are divided into 2 types:

• detachable;
• one-piece or universal.

Removing the door from the detachable hinges is carried out as follows:

1. All decorative elements, caps and linings are removed from the loop.
2. Loosen the adjusting bolts with a Phillips screwdriver.
3. Take out the pin that connects the 2 parts of the mechanism. With a tight entry of the rod, you can use a hammer, but the blows are not strong, otherwise you can damage the mounting loop.
4. With the help of a thrust device, the web is lifted up so that one part of the loop comes out of the second.
5. Then you need to remove the door by moving it to the side.

During work, the following points are taken into account:

• the door must be opened to the maximum;
• the door leaf is heavy and needs to be supported, so use outside help.

When removing a sheet of plastic or glass as a stop, do not use a sharp device so as not to damage the sheet. A rubber gasket is inserted between the thrust device and the door.

Removing the door leaf from one-piece type hinges is carried out as follows:

1. Remove decorative elements from the hinges.
2. Using a screwdriver or a screwdriver, unscrew all the mounting bolts on either side.
3. It is enough to simply pull the door, and it will be removed from the hinges.

The difference between such loops is that they are not dismantled for spare parts.

Sometimes, after prolonged use, the loops do not separate. On visual inspection, rust is visible.

In this case, you can use a special WD-40 aerosol, which is bought in stores along with instructions for use. Follow the instructions for the tool and apply it to the rusted elements.

Take a break from work for 6-12 hours, wipe the treatment areas with a rag, remove the remnants of the spray and proceed to disassemble the loops.

When plaque appears, in no case do not hit the loop with a hammer. Applying too much force to the mechanism can damage it.

Fixing the box

The most difficult failure is the deformation of the box. If the defect is not eliminated, the door will move diagonally, will be overwritten and lead to deformation of the rack, which is fraught with repair not only of the structure itself, but also of the wall.

To adjust the box after installation, you will need to perform the following operations:

• Remove the canvas from the hinges.
• Determine where the displacement occurred. To do this, measure the diagonals and compare their sizes.
• Remove all decorative elements.
• Unscrew the fasteners, remove the box.
• When removing the platbands, mounting seams open, under the end plate, anchor bolts or self-tapping screws in the opening can be located.
• Screw additional bolts into the door to secure it properly.
• Remove the old mounting foam with a knife or other sharp tool, clean the mounting joints and insert the spacers.
• Check if the box has been corrected correctly.
• Apply a layer of mounting foam.

If the box is fixed with anchor bolts, then when they are tightly unscrewed, they will have to be cut off with a grinder, and the box should be shifted and installed again.

When loosening screws or black wood screws, simply tighten them. If they are loosened, it is necessary to replace them with thicker and longer ones. Plugs or wooden wedges can be hammered into old holes and self-tapping screws can be reinserted.

When installing the box on the brickwork, holes are drilled in the slopes with a puncher and fixing dowels are used.

The interior door does not close tightly or its movement is difficult. Consider what to do in such situations.

Due to high humidity, the box swells over time. The door begins to overwrite the floor or rests on parts of the loot. To eliminate the problem, it is necessary to put the expander in the box or use a planer to process the trim from excess material.

The second reason why the door does not close is the displacement of the latch tongue of the lock relative to the striker plate. Therefore, the repair work is carried out as follows:

1. bore the plate to the desired size;
2. transfer to the frame;
3. replace the lock if necessary.

When closed, doors can form gaps or gaps with the frame, which is associated with a mismatch in the dimensions of the structural elements. To eliminate the opening, a rail is stuffed, processed with a planer and adjusted to fit.

Replacing hinges and platbands

A common defect is skew at the joints of the hinges, as a result of which the door leaf sags. This disadvantage can be eliminated with your own hands. To eliminate sagging doors, it is necessary to adjust the position of the leaf, tighten the elements. If the defect cannot be corrected, the hinges are replaced.

To replace hinges, the following steps are required:

• Open the door so that the hinges are fully visible.
• Secure the canvas with wooden wedges.
• Check the size of the old loops.
• Adjust the correct location of the loops with a tape measure. The hinges should be located at a distance of 17 cm from the top, 27 cm from the bottom of the door frame.
• Start work from the top loop.
• Unscrew the screws.
• Check the condition of the web material after the loops. If the old hinges have been used for a long time, then the wood of the rack and the door under the hinge may not correspond to the material of manufacture and require repair. To do this, it is necessary to clean it with sandpaper and process it with paint.
• Fasten the hinges with self-tapping screws or a screwdriver, insert the axle.
• Do the same with the bottom loop.
• Remove the wedges.
• Check the operation of the hinges when the door is moved.

Often the repair of interior wooden doors consists not only in replacing the hinges, but also in the platbands.

Replacement of platbands occurs in such cases:

1. with prolonged use;
2. installation of more practical or modernized interior doors;
3. with loss of appearance;
4. cracking.

Platbands are changed as follows:

• Remove the old paint in the gap between the trim and the door frame with a sharp tool.
• Dismantle the element, pass sandpaper over the surface.
• After removing the casing, there may be a gap between the door frame and the wall. It must be processed by tying the block with mounting foam.
• Do the markup. Place the element horizontally so that the top edge is 5 mm away from the outer part of the vertical trim, and the edge on the inside is 5 mm away from the edge of the frame. Hold the product and make a mark 5 mm horizontally from the inside corner of the box. Do the same with the other platband.
• Cut the blanks at a 45° angle.
• Fix them on the box.
• Thus, a vertical platband is also installed.
• Nails or self-tapping screws are driven in from the front side, hats are planted with a punch.
• Treat with putty, sand and apply a coat of paint.

Restoration of an old wooden door

Updating and repairing old wooden doors is as follows:

1. Remove the canvas and all elements: latches, locks, handles.
2. Treat the surface with sandpaper or a grinder.
3. Repair, remove defects, putty.
4. The surface is treated with a primer containing an antiseptic.
5. Then they cover the door with varnish, paint, stain, wallpaper or film.
6. Install door hardware.
7. The platbands are changed, the color is selected in advance.
8. Produce installation of the canvas in the box.

Painting and decor

The final repair of the interior canvas consists in painting and decorating.

Acrylic paint in spray cans or based on polyurethane acrylic, nitro enamel is better suited for a door block, it can also be treated with furniture varnish.

Specialists modernize interior structures by applying different patterns using special stencils. You can buy them at hardware stores or cut them yourself with scissors.

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Is it worth repairing an interior wooden door?

Sometimes interior doors fail or lose their original appearance. In some cases, it is much easier to change them than to repair them, since repairs can result in a massive waste of money. Replacing interior wooden doors is not always advisable, especially in cases where the old doors were quite expensive and were of good quality.

To make a decision, it is necessary to weigh all the pros and cons in favor of replacing or repairing doors based on many criteria, it is necessary to take into account both the amount of money available and the complexity of the restoration work. Our article will tell you how to repair doors in case of some breakage, or loss in a "tradeable" appearance. Consider the main repair methods and ways to eliminate shortcomings.

Canvas repair

A common problem is that the canvas does not close properly, it touches the box. This may be due to the fact that the wood from which the door is made has swollen and expanded in size. The reason is the increased humidity in the room, or the banal old age of the canvas. As a result - the deformation of the box with the inability to close the door.

Repair with such a breakdown is quite simple. First of all, it is necessary to understand which part of the door frame is deformed. To do this, examine the gaps between the door frame and the canvas.

If the gap is significant - it's in the rack, which is located on the opposite side of the gap. Another possible cause of the malfunction is canopies fixed with self-tapping screws.

In order to bring them to their original state, it is necessary to twist them deeper.

In order to eliminate the above problem, two main methods have been devised.

The first of these is suitable for cases where the canvas rubs against the rack of the box. In the case when the door still closes, but with some effort, repair work can be done independently. To do this, it is necessary to deepen the landing of canopies.

The canvas is removed from the hinges, which are unscrewed from the box. Then, using a chisel, the attachment points are deepened by several millimeters. After the canopies and the door are installed in place.

As a rule, this procedure allows you to completely eliminate all problems.

The second way is to deliberately deform the rack of the box. To do this, it is necessary to remove the platbands, free the cavities from filling.

Using a perforator, another hole is drilled through the previously drilled hole from the end of the opening.

A block of wood is taken, installed between the racks and the box is wedged, and a self-tapping screw is inserted into the hole. After removing the spacer, during normal operation of the door, everything returns to its place, and the gaps foam.

There is a third option in order to solve the problem of rubbing the canvas, but it is not recommended to use it. It consists in reducing the size of the door leaf by trimming it. It is better to cut from the side of the hinges, however, the appearance of the product may be permanently damaged.

Restoration of appearance

Restoring doors to their original appearance is a laborious process that requires quite serious efforts. In order to restore the appearance of the door structure, you must first dismantle the canvas. If a small, cosmetic repair is required, you can do without removing the canvas and eliminate the flaws on the fixed door.

So, if the damage is minor (there are small scratches, chips, and other defects in the coating), grinding the door is necessary. First of all, the surface is puttied, and only then it is polished. The damaged area is cleaned of dirt, the top layer is removed from it. Then putty is used, the excess of which, after drying, is removed from the surface of the canvas with sandpaper.

If the damage is serious, it is impossible to restore the door without removing the canvas from the hinges. The recovery process is quite complicated and requires a lot of effort. First of all, you need to remove the old paintwork of the door. It can be removed both mechanically and chemically. Preferably mechanical.

In this case, special nozzles are put on the drill, with which you can grind the surface. The chemical method is not safe. The beauty of the mechanical method is that, simultaneously with grinding the surface, it restores its original appearance. At the end of grinding, a new decorative coating is applied to the door.

Veneer and laminate door repair

Damage to the canvas can be of a different nature, depending on what the door is made of. If the doors are made of veneer or laminate, the top layer may come off or be scratched. In this case, no putty will help. These types of doors have their own ways of restoration.

If the top decorative layer of the surface peels off - this is not a very terrible problem. You can simply glue it back using superglue, or in another way: a sheet of paper is used, through which the damaged element is ironed with an iron, and then the paper is pressed against the surface of the door with a rag.

Chips, as well as scratches or cracks, can also be repaired. To do this, you should purchase a special pencil to remove damage. It is made from wax and comes in a variety of colors. It must be kneaded to a homogeneous consistency, and then applied to the canvas with a spatula. After it hardens, it needs to be polished using felt.

Fixing cracks in wood surfaces

Restoration is quite complex and painstaking. However, the result of removing cracks from interior wooden doors exceeds expectations.
Let's analyze the process step by step:

• Removing the canvas from the hinges, with its subsequent location on a flat surface in a horizontal position;
• Removal of the outer coating, which is done using a solvent and sandpaper;
• Grinding the surface with sandpaper or a grinder;
• If there are large gaps on the canvas, they are removed with a putty, selected according to the color of the surface;
• After the surface has dried, it is necessary to re-sand the canvas;
• Once the sanding process is completed, the surface must be primed and varnished.

Glass replacement

The presence of a glass insert is a definite plus for the door. These doors look beautiful and interesting. Unfortunately, not all types of glass are sufficiently reliable; some of them may break under mechanical stress. If this situation occurs, it is quite possible to replace the glass with your own hands.

To do this, remove the glass element from the canvas. To do this, loosen the fasteners that hold the glass insert. As a rule, fasteners are made of wood. After that, you need to wrap your hands with a rag so as not to damage them, and remove the remaining pieces of glass.

On some door structures, an additional rubber protective insert is installed, which must be removed. If it is not damaged, you can use it in the future.

In case the glass is rectangular, you just need to order glass of the same size from a specialized workshop. Figured glass can also be ordered, however, it will require a redrawing of the picture, made with unsurpassed accuracy.

Before inserting new glass, it is better to remove the canvas. This will protect against the likelihood of damage to the new glass in case of accidental damage. In addition, working on weight is not very easy.

Silicone glue is applied to the glass, and then a rubber gasket is inserted, after which the structure is fastened with a glazing bead.

Sliding door repair

Sliding doors are becoming more and more common in modern homes. As a rule, they are installed in order to save space. Various elements of fittings can easily fail and need to be replaced from time to time.

The main breakdowns include heavy opening of doors, jumping out of the rollers from the guides, as well as loose fasteners.

If it's the rollers, you can try cleaning or replacing them. To do this, the door is removed from the guides, and the rollers are cleaned and lubricated, or replaced, and then the canvas is installed in place. If the fasteners stagger, it is necessary to fix its elements more tightly.

If repair is not possible

In the event that the repair of the door is impossible for a number of reasons, it is necessary to replace it. This is much easier than repairing certain structural elements of the door. In order to change the door, it is necessary to remove the canvas, dismantle the box with a crowbar. After that, the installation site is cleared of various debris and the opening is measured.

As you purchase a new door, you will need to install fittings on it, and then proceed to install the box.

The box is installed using a level, and after installation, the remaining hollow spaces between the wall are foamed. The platbands are fixed only after the mounting foam has dried. Next, the canvas is hung on the loops.

So, if the door needs repair, in most cases the procedure can be successfully performed on your own. How to do this, you need to decide depending on the type of breakdown that has occurred.

If decorative repairs are required, it is possible to update interior wooden or any other doors using the methods described above. In case of hardware failure, it can be easily replaced with a similar one, and in some cases it can be repaired.

The main thing is to approach the issue wisely and then the result will not disappoint.

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All about the features of do-it-yourself interior door repair

Problems with an interroom door arise in any house.

Even with careful handling and timely maintenance, after a while, defects appear on the surface of the door leaf, or the structure simply begins to function poorly.

In such a situation, each owner should know how to repair the interior door on their own and whether it can be done at all. The sequence of actions will directly depend on the problem that has arisen.

Do-it-yourself repair

Possible malfunctions

Problems can be roughly divided into two large groups. The first will include defects related to appearance, the second - creating difficulties in the process of functioning. To return to its original state of the interior design, which worsened the appearance, it will be necessary to restore the decorative coating on the door leaf.

The second group of defects has a different manifestation:

• The door sags and begins to cling to the flooring;
• Along the perimeter of the shutter, the gap will become uneven. If the initial installation of the structure was carried out according to the rules, over time a large gap will appear on one side, and on the other, the sash will constantly touch the box;
• The sash is difficult to fix in an intermediate position. It will either open or close, instead of being fixed in an intermediate position. This increases the risk of injury;
• The lock-latch will stop or start to work poorly. As a result, one day it cannot be opened or closed. The latter option is preferable in terms of repair.

Sash does not close

• Incorrect installation, during which the box warped;
• Error when choosing accessories. In this case, a heavy canvas will be held by weak or poor quality loops. This leads to the fact that it will change the spatial position relative to the box;
• Physical wear of the hinges due to active or long-term operation;
• Shrinkage of the building, resulting in a change in the geometry of the door frame.

The cause of the problem with the functioning of the door has a direct impact on the procedure. It is easier to replace worn or mechanically damaged hinges. The consequences of improper installation or shrinkage of the building are much more difficult to eliminate. It is mandatory to dismantle the entire door structure

Correction of the shape of the door leaf

How to remove scratches on the surface of the door?

If the size of scratches on the surface of a wooden or veneered canvas is relatively small, it is not necessary to remove it. Get the color you want.

Carefully paint over the scratches, and then, if necessary, apply varnish on top and polish the door leaf.

If everything is done carefully and the paint is chosen correctly, it will be difficult to guess that there were scratches in a particular place.

Door panel restoration

If you have any difficulties with the selection of paint, repaint the entire door leaf. However, in this case, the door must be removed from the hinges. Along with the door leaf, other structural elements are also painted: the box and the trim. Otherwise, they will differ from the color of the door leaf.

Procedure

If you need to repair a hole in the door leaf or the area of ​​damage to the paintwork is large, it is difficult to do without removing the door leaf. To do this, unscrew the screws holding the door hinges.

If the hinges are collapsible, dismantling is performed in the following sequence:

• They remove decorative elements that make the hinges aesthetically attractive: overlays, caps;
• If available, adjusting bolts are loosened;
• The pin used to connect the half loops is removed;
• The door leaf is raised to a height sufficient to separate the half-loops, and transferred to the place of restoration work. To avoid deformation or even more damage to the sash, it must be held firmly. It is advisable to perform these actions together.

Attention! If the interior doors have been used for a long time and it is difficult to remove the pin, apply some force, for example, with a hammer. The main thing is to preserve the geometry of the elements and their integrity.

Shaping the door leaf

The canvas removed from the hinges is laid on a flat surface, where it is sealed. To do this, perform the following steps:

• Degrease the surface with a suitable composition. Oil stains reduce the adhesive characteristics of the composition used in the restoration of the door leaf;
• The irregularities on the surface are ground with P80 sandpaper or a grinder. In the latter case, work should be done carefully;
• With the help of putty "hide" deep scratches, get rid of cracks and chips. If you choose a tinted composition, the effect will be most noticeable;
• For the best adhesion of the applied composition to the base, the door leaf is thoroughly dried;
• The fabric is polished. First, coarse sandpaper is taken, and then with less grit to ensure the optimal level of roughness;
• The dust accumulated on the surface is wiped off;
• A primer layer is applied, the composition of which depends on the characteristics of the door leaf;
• Paint is applied in one or more layers.

It is worth noting that the restoration of the door leaf is a good opportunity to update the interior of the room. To understand how to transform interior doors that are to be restored, it is worth making a couple of projects.

Application of a decorative coating

How to straighten a sagging door?

If the door sags, then the interior design as a whole does not work well. The door leaf leaves characteristic scratches on the floor surface, constantly or from time to time gets stuck in the opening. You can get rid of the problem if you align the door, having previously established the cause of the sagging.

Pulling up loops

First, you should carefully examine the attachment points of the door hinges. Sometimes it is enough to tighten the fastening of the hinges so that the sash takes its place.

If the hinges are securely screwed to the frame, but the door leaf is still touching the floor, it is possible that a serious mistake was made when installing the hinges, and now they protrude above the surface of the door frame.

In such a situation it is necessary:

• Remove the door leaf;
• Unscrew the hinges;
• Remove excess material with a chisel. Work should be done carefully to eliminate the need for additional measures aimed at reducing the depth of the formed groove;
• Screw the hinges into place, checking the correctness of their location;
• Put the door back in place.

Sometimes the cause of sagging door leaf is a violation of its geometry. It is possible to return the design to working capacity if the excess material is removed in order to give the canvas the correct geometric shape. Do the same if the canvas is swollen due to high humidity in the room. Using a planer, the excess material that has appeared is removed.

How to renew a dried canvas?

A distinctive feature of wooden doors is the reaction to the temperature and humidity characteristics of the surrounding space. Sometimes, over time, the canvases dry out, crack or swell.

If the door begins to dry out, the loss of geometry should be prevented using metal corners. This option is rarely resorted to, as it violates the appearance of the installed structure.

Try not to let the fabric dry out. But if this still happened, remember the rules for repairing the defects that have appeared. You can proceed as follows:

• Remove the canvas and all attached fittings;
• Apply a special adhesive to the sash, and then restore the geometry of the canvas, carefully masking the damaged area and the resulting cracks;
• Install the repaired door leaf into the clips and clamp. In this position, the door should be until it is completely dry;
• Install the updated door in place.

Possible box defects

If shallow scratches have formed on the surface of the door frame in a visible area, you can get rid of them if they are puttied and then applied with a paint and varnish composition.

In addition to cosmetic repairs, sometimes it is necessary to adjust the position of the latch lock. Often, the lock tongue touches the end plate on the box, and therefore the sash remains constantly in the open position. The reason for this phenomenon is a violation of the geometry of one of the elements of the door structure due to their improper operation or installation.

Work with a box

If it is difficult to eliminate the cause, it is possible to ensure the operability of the door structure by changing the dimensions of the recess and reinstalling the plate.

The box is bigger than the canvas

Sometimes the door frame becomes larger than the canvas, and therefore large gaps appear between the frame and the door. The cause of the loose closing of the door is the curvature of the box. You can restore the geometry if:

• Remove door;
• Align the box, controlling the spatial position of each element using a building level of a suitable size;
• The leveled structure should be securely fixed by installing special supports in the right places. Wooden or metal pins of suitable diameter and length are driven in. They should go deep into the wall by at least 5 cm. To do this, use a puncher to drill two holes in the guide posts of the box and one at the top and bottom of the box;
• Install the door in place.

Often the shape of the box is preserved, but at the same time its dimensions are reduced, since a material with a high moisture content was used to manufacture the structure. During the operation of the system, the tree dries out, which leads to negative consequences.

If you do not need to align anything, you can restore the resized box on your own. It is enough to nail a thin rail around the entire perimeter of the door leaf or from the side where the gap is largest. To decorate the bar, it is puttied, and then coated with a paint and varnish composition of a suitable tone.

Problems with the latch

If a latch lock is installed on the door and it stops working, it is worth trying to figure out what is the reason. This will make it possible to understand whether the locking mechanism can be repaired on its own or whether it is necessary to contact a specialist.

Repair of the locking mechanism

Most often this happens if:

• Debris got into the keyhole or part of a broken key remained;
• Partially or completely missing lubrication on mating elements;
• The door leaf is warped or the hinges are deformed;
• The hole in the box is higher or lower than the required position, and therefore the latch (tongue) cannot take its place;
• The elements of the locking mechanism are damaged.

If the reason for the poor performance of the latch lock is external factors, it is enough to return the required spatial position to the door leaf so that the locking mechanism starts working properly again.

In the absence of lubrication, the lock will have to be dismantled and disassembled in order to drop a certain amount of lubricant on all mating elements. In this case, dirt accumulated during operation is also removed.

Sometimes you can do without dismantling work: grease is dripped onto the bolt of the locking mechanism, and then the handle is slowly turned to evenly distribute the oil throughout the locking mechanism.

If the mechanism itself fails, dismantling and disassembly is indispensable. The structure of the castle includes the executive part and the secret. Dismantling begins with unscrewing the screws located near the core of the product. The secret is removed by inserting the key into it. After that, you can remove the housing of the locking mechanism. Further disassembly is in progress.

Dismantled lock

The integrity of all parts is mandatory controlled. Damaged or worn items should be disposed of. The assembled mechanism is carefully lubricated and installed in place.

Thus, everyone can restore the door with their own hands if desired. This can be implemented in different ways. It all depends on how the restored version should look like, and what problems arose initially.

Having decided on the upcoming scope of work and acquiring everything you need, you can safely get to work.

Properly made repairs will restore the appearance of the door leaf and return the functionality of all elements of the system.

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They strive to replace all old doors with new, more modern ones. However, the repair of wooden doors and their restoration may not be such a difficult process. Restoring worn-out wooden doors will be especially relevant if you are going to equip your interior in a certain style. For example: Provence, Art Deco, Art Nouveau or simply "antique". Therefore, do not rush to throw away old wooden doors that can be successfully repaired.

Restoration of wooden doors - Photo 1

Do-it-yourself restoration and repair of wooden doors. Video tutorial

When studying the reasons leading to the need to repair wooden doors, one should take into account the variety of their design options. In modern apartments, doors are swing, sliding , folding and even more original in design.As a rule, troubleshooting here does not require much effort, you can get by with a simple adjustment.

It is much more difficult to repair old wooden doors. Their malfunctions most often manifest themselves in the form of loosening of the door frame, resulting distortions, the appearance of cracks and cracks. Over time, it becomes difficult to close the doors due to years of paint buildup.

In all these cases, you will be able to fix the defects yourself and update the appearance of your doors.

For work you will need:

• drill with an appropriate set of drills;
• saw hacksaw;
• hammer, chisel, spatula;
• nails, screws;
• hair dryer for removing old paint;
• sandpaper;
• putty for wood;
• paint, varnish;
• brushes or paint roller.

We strengthen the interior door frame

Strengthening the box of the interior door - Photo 2

To strengthen a loose door frame, you will need to drill holes with a drill not only in wood, but also in the wall to a depth of at least 5 cm.

Door frame repair workflow:

1. Remove the door frames and then remove the wooden door from its hinges.
2. Align the door frame with a plumb line and fix it with wedges.
3. Drill holes of the required diameter in the vertical racks of the box and hammer metal pins through them.
4. Fill large voids between the door frame and the wall with cement mortar or construction foam.
5. Reinstall the platbands, seal the cracks with putty and hang the door on the hinges.

How to remove the door from the hinges - Photo 3

Door hinge repair. What to do when the door is skewed

If the door hinge screws are no longer able to stay in the cracked old sockets, you will have to rearrange the hinges of the old door to a new place. To do this, prepare appropriate recesses for them with a chisel.

Repair of hinges on a wooden door - Photo 4

You can eliminate the longitudinal crack in the door frame by screwing in sufficiently long and strong self-tapping screws on both sides.

If sagging and warping of doors occurs due to wear of metal hinges, then additional washers will help you correct the situation. Select washers that are suitable in diameter and thickness and put them on the hinge pins, after lubricating them with machine grease. If necessary, they can be made independently from a bent ring of wire.

The hinges of the wooden door are loose, how to fix it - Photo 5

Restoring the coating wooden door. Video lesson

You can buy a special decorative overlay on a wooden door and install it. A door with such an overlay will not be inferior in beauty to a new wooden door.

Or remove the old layer of paint and repaint.

Approximate order of your actions:

1. Remove the wooden door and lay it horizontally on a secure base. It is desirable to work outdoors or in a room with good ventilation.
2. Heat the old paint with a building dryer (small areas) and immediately remove the softened paint layer with a spatula. Let the hair dryer take breaks every 15 minutes so it doesn't overheat.
3. After removing the main layer, proceed to remove paint residues from the surface of the repaired door. You can grind by hand or use a mechanical method.
4. Level surface defects using wood putty. After it dries, go over the surface with sandpaper. It is necessary to act in the direction of the fibers, preventing transverse movements.
5. The process of painting a wooden door is more convenient to produce in two stages. First apply a layer of matte enamel, and then tint the door in the color of your choice. After the first layer has dried, sand the surface to avoid unevenness.
6. Toning or varnishing will be determined by what intensity of color and gloss you intend to get in the end. Usually it is enough to apply 2 layers with a break of 6-10 hours for complete drying.
7. At the final stage of the restoration of a wooden door, install door handles and decorative fittings.

Painting a wooden door - Photo 6

So that you do not have to repair wooden doors too often, install a door stop. This simple and inconspicuous thing perfectly protects the doors from breakage, and saves your budget from unnecessary costs.

Internal doors in an apartment, private house or office space during operation lose their appearance, functionality and become inconvenient to use. In such cases, repair or restoration of the system is required, and sometimes dismantling is also possible. The technologies of these processes are different, but they can be carried out independently, which will extend the service life of interior doors.

Is it possible to repair interior doors with your own hands

The appearance of malfunctions and the loss of appearance are not always the reason for the complete replacement of the interior door. In many cases, it is possible to repair the product yourself and restore the aesthetic appearance without large financial and time costs. To do this, you need to determine and eliminate the cause of the breakdown, and in the future to prevent similar situations.

Doors of various types can be repaired independently

The technology of repair largely depends on the material of the door. Veneered-type interior systems are common, as well as wooden or laminated options. The principle of troubleshooting and restoration of such products is the same, and for glass or plastic models, a professional approach is required. Therefore, significant damage to glass or plastic doors should be repaired by a specialist.

door repair tool

You can fix breakages and defects in veneered, laminated or wooden structures with simple tools. In some cases, it is necessary to remove the canvas from the hinges and place it on a flat horizontal surface. This will allow you to properly repair or restore the door without the appearance of new defects.

Removing the door from its hinges allows for effective troubleshooting

A set of tools and materials is selected depending on the type of damage and the material of the door. For work, you may need such devices and tools as:

• screwdriver, self-tapping screws;
• PVA glue, masking tape;
• building level, tape measure and pencil;
• grinder with a set of sandpaper of different grain sizes;
• furniture colored wax, markers and corrector for furniture;
• acrylic putty to match the color of the door;
• hinge lubricant, for example, grease or WD40;
• napkins or rags.

Additionally, a mallet may be required, with which you can adjust the position of the box or canvas. If replacement of broken mechanisms (lock, handle, hinges) is required, then new parts are prepared in advance e. They must be the same size as the old ones.

Do-it-yourself interior door adjustment

If the canvas touches the door frame while moving, this means that the door has sagged. Friction can occur at the bottom or top of the frame, but it is important to eliminate it quickly, otherwise the structure will lose its appearance.

Adjusting the door hinges can fix the problem, but it is important to identify the cause of the door sagging. This may be due to the fact that the characteristics and number of loops do not correspond to the weight of the canvas. Therefore, for wooden and other massive products, three loops are installed. And also a common reason is that the hinge screws are loosened and the door touches the frame when moving. Often the box is skewed, as a result of which the canvas does not function well.

Loose hinges often cause the door to sag.

To adjust the doors, depending on the cause of the problem, the following measures are taken:

• if during the inspection protruding self-tapping screws of the hinges are found, then they should be tightened with a screwdriver or screwdriver. The evenness of the canvas is controlled by the level, and the quality of the closure is checked after deepening the screws. If the loops are deformed, then they are replaced with new ones. To do this, remove the door, unscrew the movement mechanism and fix new elements in its place;

  Many hinge options are fixed with self-tapping screws, which need to be adjusted.

• if the door sagged, then it touches the box at the top and the threshold. To eliminate such a defect, you need to tighten the screws of the upper loops. If this action did not bring a positive result, then you need to check the evenness of each element of the box. The deformed parts of the frame are attracted to the wall with self-tapping screws or corrected with a mallet by light blows through a piece of soft cloth or rubber;

  Before work, check the evenness of the box with a level

• violation of the geometry of the canvas can lead to friction on the frame. This happens as a result of swelling of the door due to humidity, temperature changes and is characteristic of wooden products. In this case, you need to determine the area in contact with the box, and then remove the canvas from the hinges. Next, grind this area with a grinder and medium-grained sandpaper, periodically checking the evenness. When the protrusion is eliminated, it is necessary to paint or varnish the treated part and hang the door on the hinges;

  Grinding is carried out for wooden doors

• with a slight deformation of veneered or laminated doors made of chipboard or MDF, you need to remove the product from the hinges, remove the laminated edge, slightly file the canvas until evenness is achieved, and then glue a new edge tape with an iron.

  Edge bands are versatile and easy to install

Any option for correcting the position of the door requires a preliminary inspection and identification of the cause of the deformation. Only after that it is possible to prepare tools and materials, a place for repairing the canvas.

Video: fixing a sagging door

Interior door repair

There are a number of problems when it is possible to repair the interior partition on your own, and professional skills are not required for this. The work will take a short time, if you first study the features of the repair technology in a given situation.

The following breakdowns are common, which can be fixed with your own hands:

• creaking, tight movement of the hinges will help fix the lubrication of the mechanisms. To do this, you need to prepare a tool designed to lubricate metal mechanisms. Next, the door should be opened, find the rods of all the hinges and pull them out with pliers. As a result, the door is not fixed on the hinges and must be removed. The rods are cleaned of dust with an alcohol solution, and then a thin layer of lubricant is applied, removing excess with a napkin. After that, the mechanisms are assembled in the reverse order and the canvas is hung. In some cases, for processing, you only need to lift or open the door;

  The lubricant is applied with a syringe or from a tube with a fine tip.

• if the canvas is difficult to close, then the door may swell. In this case, the canvas is removed from the hinges and cut using the adjustment technology. And also the protruding screws of the hinges, the lock lining and other uneven elements can also be the cause. They should be tightened with a screwdriver. If the box is deformed, then the canvas should be removed, the trim should be removed and the anchor bolts or self-tapping screws that fixed the frame should be tightened. Evenness control is carried out by plumb and level;

  If the box has moved away from the walls of the opening, then wedges are placed and the cracks are foamed

• the interior door can be equipped with a lock that is prone to breakage, like the entire system. If the crossbars or tongue of this mechanism do not fit into the striker of the frame, then the door should be leveled. When turning the key is difficult, you need to unscrew the screws and remove the mechanism, and then carefully disassemble it, remove dust and dirt from the part. The lock should be lubricated, assembled and mounted in place. If the key is broken and stuck in the larva, then you can try to pull it out with tweezers. Otherwise, the mechanism should be replaced with a new one;

  The design of the lock for the interroom door is simple and does not have complex details.

• the handle with a latch is prone to various breakdowns. If the handle is broken off, then repair is impossible, because a new part is needed. When the latch sticks and the handle does not turn, the mechanism should be lubricated, and for this it is necessary to remove the decorative strip, unscrew the screws, remove the core with the latch and treat the elements with grease, and then assemble and install the parts in place. If the latch and the handle are too loose, then you need to tighten the bolts on both sides of the canvas;

  Latch handles vary in shape but have a similar design

The above elements are the main ones in the design of a swing interior door made of wood, chipboard or MDF. Their repair is simple, but if the parts have lost their functionality, then they are replaced with new ones. In the absence of experience in repair, you need to consider the design of the elements, select the same components. Next, carefully unscrew the old mechanism and install a new one.

Video: repair of a lever handle with a latch for a door

Interior door restoration

If the interior design is fully functional and durable, then repairs are not required. In this case, you may need to carry out a small restoration with your own hands. This process involves the restoration of the appearance, structure of the canvas.

Restoration is optimal in situations such as:

• scratches, small abrasions on a door made of natural wood or a veneered, laminated model can be easily removed with a furniture marker, wax or proofreader. Funds must match the color of the canvas. The composition is applied in a small amount to scratches and rubbed lightly, and the excess is removed with a napkin;

  Small scratches can be easily removed with furniture cleaner

• interior painting is carried out only for wood products. Options with a laminated or veneered layer are not subject to this procedure, because the paint on such a surface will be unethical. Staining can be done with a brush or spray gun. In any case, the door needs to be prepared: remove the old varnish with a grinder or remove the paint with a spatula and a building hair dryer. The surface is polished with fine-grained sandpaper, dust is removed with a brush and a new coating is applied in 2-3 layers;

  Apply a small amount of paint with a brush

• cracks, cracks and holes up to 1 cm can be masked with acrylic putty. The color of this tool should match the shade of the canvas. The composition is applied and distributed over the crack, leveled and removed with a napkin. After drying, you can repeat the procedure, as the putty may settle. Further, it is possible to stain this place, varnish;

  Spread the putty carefully and wait for it to dry.

• peeled veneer or laminated film can be tried to be glued with PVA glue. To do this, an adhesive composition is applied under the peeled surface with a brush, and then this part of the web is clamped with clamps or placed under a load. Such actions are required to remove the door from the hinges.

  If the edge has peeled off, then it is removed and a new tape is attached

Restoration of wooden, veneered or laminated canvases involves the elimination of minor flaws. If the frame is damaged, there is a large detachment of the film and other volumetric defects, then it is best to replace the door with a new one or turn to a professional for restoration.

Removing the inner door

If the canvas is old and heavily worn, needs to be replaced and cannot be repaired, then the door is dismantled. To do this, perform the following work steps:

1. The door is opened and removed from the hinges, the hinge screws are unscrewed from the box rack.
2. The loops are removed from the canvas and the box.
3. If the frame is mounted on screws, then they are unscrewed. When the box is installed only on mounting foam, then along the perimeter you need to cut this soft material and squeeze the box out of the opening.

Before dismantling, remove the door trim

Sliding systems are easier to dismantle than swing systems. To do this, remove the plugs from the guides, move the canvas to the end and remove it from the fixing elements. It is worth considering that the rollers can be located both on the door and on the guide. Therefore, it is worth unscrewing them first. Gradually, the movement mechanism is completely disassembled.

Video: dismantling the interior door

Self-repair and simple restoration of an interior door can extend the life of the structure and maintain its functionality. This does not require hard-to-reach tools or materials, and you can master the technology for eliminating various breakdowns on your own.

Have you heard somewhere that the restoration of interior doors is the lot of purely professionals, and there are no funds for this in the home budget? Do not worry, for a creative person with hands and a head, everything is real. And now we will show how to update old interior doors for relatively little money.

Do-it-yourself restoration of interior doors is a feasible task even for an amateur.

The vast majority of interior doors are made of natural wood or MDF panels; in both cases, repair of the door leaf is possible. Of course, there are also hollow boxes lined with fiberboard, but it's cheaper to buy new ones than to restore old ones.

Restoration of wooden interior doors and MDF panels is technologically no different, the only exception is MDF doors covered with natural wood veneer. On this topic, we have a separate material and you can view it.

Restoration of interior doors can be divided into 2 equivalent stages:

1. First, the restoration itself, the canvas must be cleaned of everything that is on it, all defects must be repaired and qualitatively prepared for fine finishing;
2. The second stage is closer to the question of how to update interior doors, because here we will already decorate the doors in different ways, that is, apply decor.

Before restoring our old door, it must be dismantled, that is, removed from its hinges. Often this does not cause much difficulty, but now the hinges are different, and if you come across a “non-removable” option, then unscrew the screws and remove the doors. In any case, it is better to put new loops on the restored canvas.

Before you restore the door, it must be removed from the hinges.

Restoration of old doors is done on stands.

Stripping the canvas

Now let's talk about how to update the old interior door. First you need to completely dismantle all the fittings, the canvas must be clean without lock handles, protruding studs, etc.

Moreover, even if you are not going to put new loops, the counterpart of the canopy still needs to be twisted. Otherwise, while you are cleaning, sanding and puttying the interior doors with your own hands, your hinges will definitely be scratched and lose their remnants of attractiveness.

Before restoration, the old hinges from the door leaf must be removed.

No renewal is possible on the old coating, so next we have the most time-consuming step of removing peeling paint or varnish. There are many options and each of them has its pros and cons.

The first thing that is usually offered to a young master is to clean off the coating with emery. To do this, you need to take the largest emery that you can find, pull it on a block or fix it on a wooden block and grind the door until the base appears. The method gives a qualitative result, but it is very difficult.

If you have a grinder in your arsenal, then things will go much faster, but be prepared for the fact that there will be a cloud of dust around you, so it is not advisable to do this in an apartment.

Grinding the canvas gives the highest quality result when removing paint.

Now on the market you can find many so-called washes, for example, B52. These compounds, in fact, are harsh chemicals that corrode the paintwork in a short time, on average from 15 minutes to 1 hour. Then take a spatula and scrape off the paint.

But the washes smell terribly, plus they are very harmful to all living things. The instructions for most of these compositions recommend working outdoors and preferably in a gas mask. In addition, multi-layer staining with chemistry cannot be cleaned at a time.

In general, if conditions allow you to work outside and your door is covered with a relatively thin layer of paint, then you can try to clean it with special tools.

There is a folk recipe for washing: mix soda with oatmeal in water and apply this solution to the door leaf. After a couple of hours, you can try to remove the paint with a spatula or scraper, but there is no absolute guarantee that the paint will come off.

Chemically active compounds are not suitable for every door.

A gas burner or blow torch for firing old paint is used quite often and this method works well. But an open fire is always dangerous, here, even a well-ventilated room will not help, the canvas must be taken out into the street, everything that can catch fire should be removed away and only after that work.

Paint can be burned with a gas burner or blowtorch.

To clean old paint, you can use a nozzle with a metal pile on a drill or grinder, it is also called a cord brush. This method is somewhat similar to sanding, but you need to be very careful, the metal bristles in old wood can quickly pick up soft tissue between the fibers.

Although if you plan to decorate the doors with the newfangled Shabby Chic method (artificial aging or gray oak), then this method will suit you best.

But keep in mind: there will be even more dust from a cord brush than from a grinder, plus large paint particles break off, so you need to work with glasses and gloves.

The paint with a cord brush is peeled off fairly quickly.

A building hair dryer can be safely called the most effective and safest way to remove old paint from a door leaf. The temperature of hot air can reach several hundred degrees, which makes it easy to warm up and quickly scrape off the coating with a metal spatula.

Using a hair dryer is the easiest and fastest way to remove old paint.

There is another way to remove paint, you can use a sharp metal scraper, but we do not recommend it to you. The fact is that the scraper on the door leaf leaves too deep grooves and after it you need to grind the surface for a long time. This tool is good on hard surfaces, such as concrete.

Strengthening the canvas

Often a cracked door leaf needs serious strengthening, because if you close up the cracks and paint the door without strengthening it, after a month all the defects will appear again.

The door shield is usually assembled from boards located vertically, so it needs to be strengthened horizontally. Planks stuffed directly onto the plane of the canvas will look too rough, this option is only suitable for rustic-style doors.

The deliberate roughness of a rustic style for many interiors will be a good solution.

We recommend another way to reinforce the canvas during restoration. Fixing straps will be attached to the top and bottom edges of the doors. But the door shield has strictly defined dimensions, and so that it then also clearly fits into its place in the box, we need to cut off strips of about 50 mm wide from above and below.

To do this, we measure the required distance on the canvas and, having applied the limiting bar, cut off part of the canvas with an electric jigsaw or a manual miter saw. If you are not confident in your abilities, then the restrictive bar to the doors can be pressed on both sides with clamps, then it definitely will not deviate.

If there was no electric jigsaw at hand and you had to saw off the canvas with an ordinary hacksaw for wood, then after that it is advisable to trim the end with emery or a planer.

But one joiner's glue is not enough to really fix the canvas with high quality, you need to drill several through holes from the end of the bar and drive long self-tapping screws into them. It is necessary to drill, otherwise the self-tapping screws can split the bar, while the drill is selected 1 mm thinner than the fixing screws.

It is not always possible to clearly select the bar according to the size of the door leaf, therefore, at the end of the work, it is advisable to walk along the entire plane of the doors with an electric planer. By the way, this way you can remove a lot of other defects.

It is advisable to trim the door leaf during the restoration process with an electric planer.

The door leaf can still be strengthened from the outside with decorative metal corners, but this is more of an additional measure. In addition, beautiful decorative corners need to be screwed on last, after finishing.

Decorative metal corners are a good way to strengthen the door leaf.

Restoration of the castle area

If the doors were knocked out for some reason, then almost certainly the area of ​​​​the mortise or overhead lock was badly damaged. Do not be discouraged, the broken sector can be completely restored and even a new lock can be inserted into the same place.

The castle area on the doors can be restored with your own hands.

For the restoration of the castle zone, we need:

• Milling cutter manual;
• Hacksaw for wood (electric jigsaw, miter saw);
• Electric drill;
• Screwdriver;
• Square;
• Roulette;
• Chisel;
• Hammer;
• Level.

The first thing to do is to dismantle the old lock. Next, we select a wooden plank according to the size of the damaged area.

We select a board according to the size of the damaged area.

In order to evenly cut a niche with a milling cutter for installing the plank we have selected, we need to mark this niche, this is done with a square and a pencil.

A manual milling cutter is a specific tool, there is a certain distance from the cutter itself to the edge of the support platform. So we need to add this distance to the markup for the insert and fix temporary stops from wooden planks along the contour with self-tapping screws.

Fastening of temporary stops for milling the lock niche.

Now we take the milling cutter, set the milling cutter to the required sampling depth and, resting the support platform against the ledge made by us from the planks, we mill the lock area along the contour.

In theory, the entire niche can be completely selected with a cutter, but in order not to "rape" an expensive tool, it is better to cut the milled section with a chisel and a hammer.

We select the milled area with a chisel and a hammer.

Next, we adjust our wooden insert to the depth of the niche, generously lubricate it with glue and insert the bar into the niche and fix it with clamps. Since the castle zone is an “active” place, it is better to take not ordinary carpentry glue, but a special two-component waterproof composition. By the way, the slats along the contour need to be removed.

Glue the insert and fix it with clamps.

When the glue has finally set, you will need to go from the end and along the plane of the canvas with sandpaper to align the bar flush with the door leaf, after which you can embed a new lock.

The reciprocal bar to such a lock is reanimated in the same way. That is, we select a niche for the insert, glue the insert and cut the striker into it.

The technology for installing mortise and overhead locks on such doors is not a particularly difficult task, but now we are talking about restoration, and you can find detailed instructions for inserting.

Finishing preparation for decor

All heavy restoration work is completed and then we move on to the final preparation for decoration. Such preparation includes puttying the canvas and pre-staining (primer).

Puttying is not a tricky business, but before applying the composition, the canvas needs to be sanded well again, while we are still grinding only with large emery. Now our task is to even out minor defects left after cleaning and strengthening the doors.

If there are visible, large cracks on the canvas, then they need to be slightly expanded and deepened. This can be done with a chisel or a knife. At the end, you should vacuum and “walk” with strengthening soil on the tree.

It is better to putty with acrylic putty designed specifically for woodworking. The instruction is simple: apply the composition to the canvas and align it with a spatula along the plane.

When the putty dries, we need to sand the canvas again with sandpaper. This time we use emery with fine (fine) grain. After sanding, brush off the dust.

The canvas has actually been restored, but in this form it is not yet ready for decorating. As a preparation, we need to apply a layer of primer for painting. Such a primer is usually white, since the white base is then easier to tint to any other color.

After restoration, you can start applying any decor you like. There are many options for the original do-it-yourself door decoration, step-by-step instructions for arranging the simplest and most affordable types of door decor are set out.

Output

Now you know how to update the interior door with your own hands. The video in this article has additional information that may be useful when restoring interior doors.

With the right approach, a restored door can look better than a new one.