Right now I have 5 used doors and 4 repro doors to choose from.
If I had a magic wand, and could combine parts of the used doors, I'd be in good shape. They all have issues where the interior 'grain" is, so I don't know how I could weld them up and recreate the grain.
Of the repro doors, one pair has the exact look of the factory grain, but less pronounced. I'm not sure how I could scuff them, let alone prime and paint them without washing out the grain.
The importer of the other repro doors says his grain was chosen to eliminate that problem, and that if I prime them, they'd look fine. But as they come the grain looks totally different. I can still send these back, but not so if I prime them and don't like them.
Here are some pictures:
Factory grain, dipped door:
Repro pair 1, same grain, but more subtle:
Repro pair 2, different grain, supposedly looks the same primed:
Picture from importer, showing one of the above doors primed:
what do you think?
If I had a magic wand, and could combine parts of the used doors, I'd be in good shape. They all have issues where the interior 'grain" is, so I don't know how I could weld them up and recreate the grain.
Of the repro doors, one pair has the exact look of the factory grain, but less pronounced. I'm not sure how I could scuff them, let alone prime and paint them without washing out the grain.
The importer of the other repro doors says his grain was chosen to eliminate that problem, and that if I prime them, they'd look fine. But as they come the grain looks totally different. I can still send these back, but not so if I prime them and don't like them.
Here are some pictures:
Factory grain, dipped door:
Repro pair 1, same grain, but more subtle:
Repro pair 2, different grain, supposedly looks the same primed:
Picture from importer, showing one of the above doors primed:
what do you think?