An old door, beautifully renovated, has character and livens up the facade. However, to do this, you first have to remove the thick, cracked coats of paint.

Proceed as follows:

Set up two trestles and lay the door on them horizontally. Put rubber gloves on and protect your mouth and nose using a breathing mask. Now apply the paint remover using a wide paintbrush. Leave it to soak in for about half an hour. It is best to remove the paint outdoors or it is even better to take the door to a commercial paint stripping service. This would solve the significant problem of environmentally-friendly disposal of paint remover and old paint.

Push off the softened paint using a spatula. Repeat this process until the original wooden structure is uncovered.

If the door has slats with decorated or profiled surfaces, it is better to use a clean wire brush or steel wool instead of a spatula. Caution: do not use steel wool on oak wood! Due to the tannic acid contained in the oak, the object would get black stains on it when it comes into contact with steel wool. Steel wool allows you to get into any joint and corner, and to remove the softened paint, even from recesses. However, should there still be paint on the door, sand away the rest by hand.

Now sand down the door using your BOSCH Orbital Sander. Use a BOSCH Delta Sander for the corners.

Even though the integrated dust extraction on the BOSCH Orbital Sander leaves hardly any dust behind, clean the door thoroughly again anyway. To do this, use a honey-soaked cloth. This is available in DIY stores or from specialist retailers.

Now apply a wood preservative using a wide natural-fibre paintbrush. This ensures that the wood can withstand all environmental conditions. Leave the wood preservative to dry thoroughly.

Once the preservative is dry, apply paint or wood varnish to the door. If you use wood varnish, the structure of the wood remains visible. Always guide the paintbrush in the direction of the grain. Leave the paint or varnish to dry and then apply a second coat to the door.

Once the door is dry, you can hang it back up.