Uploaded August 2018 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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It took most of a full day and nearly 2 liters of water based poly to finish the doors with three coats front and back. I sanded between coats, 220 grit between the first and second, and 400 between the second and third.
The hinge fix at the end may seem like butchery to the inexperienced idealists watching, but it's an example of a very common way to deal with a problem. The purest burns up a day resizing the door and refinishing it, while the realist spends 20 minutes mortising in two hinges. And, unless you know what to look for, it's a fix that will never been seen by the casual observer.

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