Interior door ?

[Nick Clayton]

What do you folks recommend for finishing interior doors? I finally fitted up the last door yesterday and now I'm ready to take them all down and get to the finishing task.

Here are the facts:

- Solid Red Oak, simple 4 panel Shaker style with sticking.

- No Spray equipment (this is going to be a long one!)

- It should preferably be water-based as "the management" hates the odor from oil-based products and believes she can smell fumes for months on end . I'm preferable to the smell of diesel exhaust myself.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.
Cheers,
Nick

[Jim Becker]

Some of the water borne products that many of us spray are also brushable or available in a brushable formula. Target Coatings is an example of that. And shellac is certainly an option, too...

Timely, I just received an email from Target about a new product...a hybrid WB alkyd varnish product that wipes and brushes on and has much of the same coloration properties of an oil-based product. More info at:

http://www.targetcoatings.com/oxford-hybri-varnish.html

[Nick Clayton]

Jim,

Thanks for the reply. I ordered a quart to try out on a sample.

Cheers,
Nick