I hate hand sanding the raised panel profiles especially the end grain ones.
How to sand a raised panel door.
This is also a good time to sand the inside profiles of the rails and stiles sand the panel and seal the end grain of the panels with shellac.
All raised panel doors are comprised of three components.
Stiles these are the vertical components.
The finish becomes worn over time creating the need for refinishing.
Back off the sandpaper and use a synthetic steel wool 3m multi flex is what i use for the raised panel and detail parts of the door.
A raised panel door is like any wood door.
Refinishing doors is not a job that anyone really looks forward to especially raised panel doors.
Sand the door smooth.
A good sand job on a heavily detailed cabinet door shouldn t take more than 15 minutes 7 8min per side.
Smooth out chipped paint and imperfections from previous paint jobs.
But i wanted to share with you how i sanded the raised panels for the cabinet doors.
I now have a rotex and ets 150 3 and was wondering if i purchased a soft pad for the ets if this would help in the sanding of an ogee raised panel profile.
In the past i have done this mostly by hand sanding.
Before assembling the door sand the panel itself and the moulded section surrounding the field.
A nice wood stain that matches the wood work and compliments the color scheme in the room can make even a 30 door look expensive.
I know watching a guy sand wood is not very exciting.
Start with a light sandpaper or a sanding sponge 180 or 220 grit.
They extend the full height of the door.
Sand the back of the panel and the field with 100 120 150 and 180 grit paper.
While hollow core doors are often great budget savers when compared to solid wood panel doors there s no reason they can t be attractive.
Sanding raised panel doors requires more work because you cannot fit a sander around the edges of the panels.