How to update an old interior door

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In this video I use inexpensive trim to update an old door in my house. I glued and nailed each length of trim on the door to create a raised-panel appearance. Each piece of trim is mitred at 45 degrees, which can be cut very easily with hand tools if needed. The trim was bought for roughly $26 and was enough to complete one door. The door was then primed and painted before being re-hung.

The paint used was a semi-gloss white. My doors had an old oil-based clearcoat on them so before final painting I had to use an oil-to-latex primer.

I only used a couple tools in this video, which you can find below...

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What a great video! No ‘Welcome to my channel blah blah blah’. No cheesy music. Straight forward. Good work. I’m going to work on my doors now. Thanks.

catherineduncan

Excellent presentation of this technique to update existing hollow core doors! This past spring we wanted to replace all of our doors professionally. For 20 doors, it would have cost over $12000.00. I used this method to update the existing doors and only spent just over $1200.00. (That's right, 1/10th of the replacement cost!) We did install new doorknobs, but were able to reuse the hinges, which I painted. We love how our "new" doors look!

peterlandry

I watched this twice!
Not because I didn't understand it, but because it was a pleasure to see. No nonsense, good work!

DarkAngel-oqox

No talking just the sound of working. Amazing!

Doosha

OMG I was just telling my husband I want to update our 70s doors.this seems so simple. I can't wait to get started. Thank you for the video.

dmad

Dude! You just saved me $4k to get all new doors plus labor! Brilliant!!!

MariE-gool

Thank you for this simple to follow game changer. I did one door exactly how you did it and it came out lovely. I only have 8 more to go 😂 Thank You

pattiamaya

This is awesome! Thanks for taking us to the store with you. I am in the process of purchaing a home built in 1979 with the original interior doors. I am going to save so much on doing this instead of replacing them!!!

idamack

This is a man's video! Straight to the point. No wasting time. No mindless jibber jabber... and exactly the information needed. Thanks for posting and thanks for treating the viewer with respect.

IPASAustralia

I never even thought about doing molding on the door like that! And I was just about to buy a new kitchen closet door to replace the old hollow slab I have now but this will cost so much less and look just as good if not better! Thank you!

JohnHPixelMD

As a visual learner, thank you! This is just what I needed.

kellirogers

I ABSOLUTELY HATED my front door to my condo which looks like it belongs on a utility closet. I’m unable to replace it with an attractive door due to the Condo Association rules. BUT I came across your fantastic video and followed your instructions to change at least the interior appearance of my door. Everyone, including myself LOVES my improved door. THANK YOU‼️😁

lianalonge

I love how you actually shared all of the info needed in the description! I was wondering about the paint! I want to try this on my doors but they have an oil-based coating/paint to

ceelyn

Just wanted you to know that your video is amazing! Straight to the point, no excess talking about nonsense and I just finished the first set of 3 sets of these same doors and wow! What a difference. They don’t even look like the same doors (these are closet doors btw). Bought us a few years as replacing isn’t in the budget right now but they looked so out of place after recent trim and carpet upgrades. THANK YOU!!

chriss