Finishing Frame And Panel Doors

Pre finishing cabinet doors should you finish cabinet doors before or after you assemble them.

Finishing frame and panel doors. It is constructed from unfinished grade a pine wood and can be installed to either side of the door opening depending on the available space. The panels so i won t be staining the part of the frame against the panel. Since you r not gluing the panel into the frame there isn t really a downside to pre finishing. I use a brush to work the stain into the panel edge.

I would like the frame to be this long and narrow without intermediate cross bars. The panel floats inside the frame housed in grooves so its seasonal movement is hidden especially if the panel is stained and finished before it s installed. If a frame was attached around a panel that panel was always more powerful than its constraints. Metrie tm is north america s leading manufacturer and distributor of interior finishings.

It also pays to finish solid wood pieces when expansion and contraction could reveal unfinished borders such as with a raised panel in a frame and panel assembly or the ship lapped cabinet back shown below with stain applied to the full width of their front faces an unfinished edge will never show as the boards swell and shrink across their widths. I am about to make several raised panel doors. We create solutions that make it easier for consumers and building and design professionals to select purchase and design with interior mouldings and doors. They will be painted.

The frame would utilize 4 4 cherry stock 3 4 thick and 1 4 cherry ply as the panel. Wood pocket door frame is made for convenience in installing pocket doors that are hidden in a pocket of a wall. Then some brainy person figured out the predictability of wood s expansion and contraction especially of wooden panels and came up with a way to accommodate it. Usually the stiles and rails are the same width but making the bottom rail 1 4 in.

Wood pocket this 24 in. Raised panel doors corner joint variation. Pre finishing the entire door also helps eliminate and finish build up in the corners. Rigid frame with minimal seasonal movement.

To remove the protective film peel from a corner edge towards the center of the panel. By reader submitted jan 27 2009. Wider subtly balances the door. Finishing raised panel doors.

I am planning a cabinet with two frame panel doors that would ideally be approximately 6 0 tall by only about 1 0 wide. What precautions can i take to prevent the finish from cracking between the panel and the frame due to expansion and contraction.