My wife found new closet doors for the master bedroom on the internet. She got solid core 6 panel doors, Limeux model C66 in white oak, with a complete set of hardware, for $100.
These are several years old, with paint overspray and etcetera. I am going to have to clean them up before I can think about touching up the finish. I am going to have to square up both doors to bring the rails and stiles back to flush at both ends of both doors. Clearly the pores in the oak were not filled (or only partially filled) before they factory finish went on. My wife likes the look more or less as is, I am not looking to fill the pores to NASA flat or put on a high gloss finish. They look to be about satin level poly under the dirt.
1. While these are going in the master bedroom, it is a five bedroom house. Sooner or later there will be a toddler teething on these closet doors. Among the polyurethanes that should be compatible with Lemieux's factory finish, does one stand out as relatively edible or otherwise reasonably harmless once fully cured?
2. I don't think of myself as much beyond an experienced novice painting 6 panel doors. If I do the prep work, that is clean them with mild soap and water, square up the ends and scrape off the paint spots here and there and sand to maybe 600 grit or so, what could I expect to pay - at a paint shop near you- to have these sprayed with polyurethane by an experienced professional?
Thanks in advance.
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