27: Door

While I was waiting for the first finished floor layer to dry to the point where it was leather-hard, I started prepping the door. I had managed to secure this giant salvage solid core front door for free, but it was just way too big and had to be cut down. The initial dimensions were 7 feet 4 inches tall by 42 inches wide. We cut it down to 7 feet even and 32 inches wide. In retrospect, I wish I had been able to find a smaller solid core door that did not require the cutting down, as I think the cutting down (widthwise) damaged the integrity of the door handle/latch and that the door won't last as long as a result.

First we sanded it:



Then we beeswaxed it:



The beeswax does make it look beautiful:



Then we built the jam, which I don't have any photos of since my camera started having problems at that point.