Finishing Frame And Panel Doors

I am about to make several raised panel doors.

Finishing frame and panel doors.

Finishing raised panel doors. All doors with resin panels come standard with a protective film that must not be removed until after door finishing is complete and the door is fully installed in its final location. Raised panel doors corner joint variation. Rigid frame with minimal seasonal movement.

They will be painted. Wood pocket door frame is made for convenience in installing pocket doors that are hidden in a pocket of a wall. I would like the frame to be this long and narrow without intermediate cross bars. Then some brainy person figured out the predictability of wood s expansion and contraction especially of wooden panels and came up with a way to accommodate it.

If you are finishing in the winter humidity low then you don t have much to worry about. Usually the stiles and rails are the same width but making the bottom rail 1 4 in. Since you r not gluing the panel into the frame there isn t really a downside to pre finishing. The panels so i won t be staining the part of the frame against the panel.

The panel floats inside the frame housed in grooves so its seasonal movement is hidden especially if the panel is stained and finished before it s installed. I am planning a cabinet with two frame panel doors that would ideally be approximately 6 0 tall by only about 1 0 wide. Wood pocket this 24 in. Pre finishing cabinet doors should you finish cabinet doors before or after you assemble them.

I use a brush to work the stain into the panel edge. A combination of factors. Pre finishing the entire door also helps eliminate and finish build up in the corners. We create solutions that make it easier for consumers and building and design professionals to select purchase and design with interior mouldings and doors.

It is constructed from unfinished grade a pine wood and can be installed to either side of the door opening depending on the available space. If a frame was attached around a panel that panel was always more powerful than its constraints. The frame would utilize 4 4 cherry stock 3 4 thick and 1 4 cherry ply as the panel. What precautions can i take to prevent the finish from cracking between the panel and the frame due to expansion and contraction.

By reader submitted jan 27 2009. Wider subtly balances the door.