Arbour Hill Church | Commercial Painters

Our master team of painters preserved and transformed the doors in Arbour Hill Church. The finish on these doors isn’t your normal finish because we grained these doors. The post below explains what’s involved and what we did to achieve this specialist finish.

What do we mean by “grained”?

Graining is an old painting technique that makes wood look like old. It makes cheap wood look like expensive hardwood and due to the copious amount paint, scumble and varnish that’s applied the doors are preserved from the elements for years. The best thing about graining is the doors look great.

Take a look at what’s involved below

The four images above illustrate the process from start to finish

Stage 1 - the image on the left hand side above illustrates the condition the doors where in before we started. The doors had been finished in a heavy gloss finish having been stained

Stage 2 - the image second from the left above shows what happened next. Our team of master painters used our mechanical dustless sander and lots of filler to ensure a flush finish before priming and undercoating the doors. We painted the doors is a yellowish tint as this is the base that’s needed to get the oak finish we were aiming to achieve.

Stage 3 - once the undercoat had fully cured we brushed on some scumble and used a set of graining combs to achieve that oak grain look. The image second from the right highlights how this was done.

Stage 4 - once every door was scumbled we applied a coat of oil based varnish with some woodstain miseducating in to really set the doors apart. We painted the black ironmongery on each door too. The image to the right above illustrates how the doors looked after all of our hardwork.

Graining in an old painting technique that is used when transforming period properties, churches and pubs. If you’re planning a project and require a specialist finish like this get in touch with Lally Decorators to discuss your needs.