Secrets to Staining Beautiful Rustic Pine Doors!

There is a reason that most pine projects are painted. Finishing any wood project made of pine can be tricky if you are staining. Now that we have finished about half of our interior pine doors we thought we could share some of the tips and tricks we've learned that might help you achieve a beautiful, rustic, furniture grade finish.
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Established in 2015 and now nestled in the foothills of North Carolina, Guildbrook Farm is a modern mountain homestead in pursuit of developing a more self sustainable way of life. From planting, growing, canning and preserving our own food to managing our forests and land resources, our life long journey demonstrates preparedness, DIY projects, strategies and ideas that you can practice to help increase your own self sufficiency and balance with the land. Follow along as we continue to develop a little homestead in the mountains of Appalachia.

[@dianapollex3266]

Your comment about how Jeremy stirs his coffee is one of the reasons we've missed you. Put a grin on my face. 😃

[@HoneyHollowHomestead]

Funny, I just cut some "pins" off a couple cattle panels just today. I gathered them up thinking they'd come in handy for something someday. 😜

[@TheKamakuraGardener]

You two are amazing 🤩🤩👍🏾👍🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@blackroastermanor3071]

I've been on the ride with u guys for many moons. Wheres the animals at? food stores and such? Love u both and looking forward to that type of content again! xoxo

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Next video we’ll talk about that!

[@DawnieRotten]

Aren't you getting over-spray on your porch doors/windows??

[@matthewson1000]

You guys did an absolutely FANTASTIC job on those doors! Man oh man! That is not an easy task. I’ve seen a lot of botched stain jobs on 🌲 pine. 🤘🏼🤘🏼👍🏼👍🏼❤️❤️

[@rootsrocksfeathers1975]

I dunno about you, my friends, but I am SICK TO DEATH of this rain! My tomatoes are waterlogged, ack.

[@katiegarcia8255]

Coming from someone who knows very little about home building/homesteading, I have learned SO much watching your videos and have loved every bit of the process! It is so inspiring. I know filming makes every step take so much extra time, but I have appreciated it so much!!

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@angelacross2216]

You really brought out the beauty of the wood. It’s very impressive.

[@s.l.bright3675]

So I saw your respirator and my mind went back to the beginning of the Pandemic. My hubby is a cabinet, furniture maker and he decided the safest most effective mask to wear was his respirator. It was also fun scaring small children. If I lost him in a store I'd just ask if anyone has seen the white haired Darth Vader. Everyone knew who I was talking about.

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Love it!!

[@cerumen]

You’ve no idea how refreshing and rare it is to see a pro-mask-wearing comment in the wild on KZbin, thanks for posting it

[@bobo-wf1jv]

Back in my day, is still my day .. I watch Star Wars on VHS, I listen to Disco on cassette .. I have floppy discs that I use on my Windows 2000 Millennium computer .. and love every minute of it. Popcorn and watching a movie on VHS is like going back in time, all the graininess is priceless. .... just like the day Star Wars was first released to the public and people lined up to buy it .. on tape. Cheers ...

[@886jules1]

Great tip with drilling pins into the doors for turning them - thanks Jeremy.

[@cayjadoobirsingh2519]

I’ve been following along for a while now. I appreciate your hard earned experience from canning to building. Thanks guys and keep em coming please. ❤️❤️

[@ssfoste]

Beautiful, nice to see Jamie more often, and we love Jeremy.

[@craigs5212]

The doors look very nice, good job. When I sprayed my doors, drove some finish nails in the bottom of the door as legs and stood them up against a post to do both sides. Only down side was when a gust of wind tipped over one of the wet doors face down on the lawn, thinner and rags saved the grass coated door. Tip: Poly moisture cures by absorbing moisture from the air. Float a couple sheets of plastic wrap or Al foil on the surface of the poly in the can to keep the air off the remaining material.

[@hisimagenme]

Lovely! Very tedious indeed. I went for the same look in my projects. I was going to suggest Jacobean to you guys with a Spar-urethane finish but wasn't sure exactly what you were going for when you started testing and asked for suggestions. Spar-urethane is excellent for the least yellowing...I used it on my window sills which are in the NM sun all day and 5 years later... no yellowing, and excellent seal. The one above my sink (window sill) gets wet often from over spray on dishes and it is still like new! I did the Jacobean with the red mahogany touch like you are with expresso. The Jacobean helped with the greening/ yellowing more and kept the expresso brown intact. So, if your going to do anymore staining to match your doors... you could try that combo. Spar-urethane is thicker, so I had to be careful to seal it tight between steps. But we're very happy we did it ourselves. In the future, as tedious as it is I will finish all my wood stained projects! It looks awesome guys!! Wahoo! Smiles and blessings...

[@garylewellen2203]

Great idea with the pins. Shall definitely try that one. Doors look magnificent.

[@sarahaugustine4185]

The doors look great. Thanks for sharing your technique.

[@kengermer]

I see you carry your firearm inside your waistband. Isn’t that uncomfortable? Since you are on your property couldn’t you carry it on the outside?

[@valleyparks1342]

Who cares?

[@kengermer]

If you have ever carried a concealed firearm finding a comfortable holster is a big deal. And if Jeremy has one I would like to know what it is.

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Don Hume Leather IWB (.45) or Blackhawk Kydex IWB (9mm). Everything else I've tried is just too big or can't be adjusted. OWB is not as concealable. Everyone is different though.

[@todddembsky8321]

First -- I really love the music style you have chosen for the time-lapse shots. Second, Love that shirt, even if my time was 20 years before your time, I still had all those wonderful museum junk. Third, Jaime, nice hair. Love you guys, move to Minnesota so I can stop by and help once or twice a year.

[@skrtskit1521]

They look very nice. 💖🐱‍👤

[@ardemus]

Thanks for the video. I believe that a thinned shellac is also a good prestain and may save some money. Note that you can mix your own shellac from solids, and that may be cheaper if you're going through a lot of it.

[@WendyK656]

Jaime love the shirt! the doors look beautiful! Jeremy too funny on how you stir and the same with the coffee! hahaha

[@curiouscat3384]

Ugh to all that work! I'm really finicky about grain and color so I think I'll paint my new Doug Fir front door, lol!

[@redlanternhomesteadcathym105]

My Mother liked to refinish furniture, I have a much greater appreciation for her work after watching this video! Good work you two!

[@adelacoburn1396]

Doors look amazing.... Oh Jaime.. I have missed your humor

[@detour7790]

Love the stain color.

[@davidjones1393]

NICE

[@dragonflyneb8212]

They are Beautiful.

[@TheUserid82]

If you have an area with exposed wood still like a room in the basement you can skip the sawhorses by using eye screws into the areas the hinges will be to hang the door long ways so you can access both sides as they hang. It can be worth it to tent the room used in plastic in case of splatter or over spray

[@casid9929]

Agree. You can set up a spray booth in the basement so you don't have to worry about the rain or wind blowing debris on wet door.

[@BeckyinKC]

It's Miller Time. I love it. Great job and honestly very informative. I never do well with pine, I can see now I don't do enough of the process. Thanks for sharing. Becky from Kansas City

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Glad it was helpful!

[@PaulyOutdoors]

I sure wished I would have made the live chat!! We'll get 'em next time! 🤘🤘

[@Guildbrookfarm]

We did an instant premiere and didn't schedule it. We ran a poll during the chat and 77% prefer a regular upload vs a premiere with live chat. 🤷‍♂️

[@PaulyOutdoors]

@@Guildbrookfarm ah man...that's too bad! I really enjoy the live chats. You get to know your community a little bit better that way!

[@Guildbrookfarm]

I think we’ll still do them, just maybe once a month though.

[@bus-fun-addict]

Excellent work! I am impressed with your patience to follow the correct process and resistance to short cuts. Pro tip that few carpenters know. The top and bottom hinges are "set hinges". They set the door in relation to plumb. The center hinge is the "carrier hinge". It is only to help carry the weight of the door. Never shim your center hinge. The center hinge should float free to reduce the possibilty of hinge binding and noisy operation. Thanks for the content.

[@mamabear9389]

The doors look amazing. Great job! We are building a house now too and we’re very lucky to find a great local company who has been in business for 100 years to do our doors. We only have six interior doors so cost was not too bad.

[@MyHellaKitty]

I like the music at 26:47

[@alexandersturm1351]

I have a question, is your stain UV resistent? I use stain on my pine wood and then direct sunlight hit a part of it. Over the years the color went lighter and lighter on this spost :(

[@dvdadaudits7500]

Need to be aware of ignition sources when spraying flammable things. Had a painter friend die in an explosion from fumes that got to a water heater pilot.

[@EthanTheEx]

Died? You just ended the diy culture.

[@jamjar5716]

Beautiful, tedious, hard work! I like how you stick to things. Good job.

[@Miguel195211]

Maybe you will find your way back to do homesteading.

[@sandyjacobs6202]

Oh my sooooo much time in each one but what great satisfaction when you all are done it's all your hard work sore muscles but guys doesn't it put big smiles on your faces

[@seanorth]

This is so helpful! I am in Sweden and pine is truly our nr 1 wood here. We use it for just about everything. Your doors look fantastic!

[@Off-Grid]

Looking for door options for our build. Thanks for the video ideas.

[@eprofessio]

Stain will make you super high. I’m so glad to see you all wearing ppe.

[@karenmacgyver2314]

Yae for "Miller Time" n well earned for sure ...looking fantastic !!!

[@thesaltyladiesatkiddfarm3759]

Y’all were my first prepper/homestead channel. I sure do miss seeing those videos, seems like it’s turned into a building channel.

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Right now it IS a building channel. We'll get back to other types of videos as soon as we can though.

[@mikeymo4]

What kind of pine were those? Yellow? You mentioned rustic pine. It looks like the old heart pine in my old house. Thanks for sharing your methods and results. I'm trying to stain/tone my baseboards trim without reversing the grain. The grain looks great natural, but if you want to add color you run into complication. I noticed the wood conditioner doesn't prevent that. Hell I may just shellac mine and call it good. Shellac doesn't reverse the grain. Also looking into dyes and gel stains.

[@kathlucky]

Pat yourselves on your back. Job well done.

[@MainMan-Dan]

You guys should try finishing wax after the poly. Hit your doors with some fine steel wool and then finishing wax, buff off after 15 minutes just like a car. Smoother than butter I promise. You will not regret it.

[@jefferythar5740]

Good job !!! Had a business for 25 years,retired now, and I refinished, repaired and made furniture. You did the right things. Pine can be tricky and you did the right steps to get the look you wanted. Subscribed and liked. Will continue to watch you progress and have also enjoyed your canning episodes. Think I’m going to make some Dijon mustard. Good luck with all and God Bless. Best

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Right on!

[@jefferythar5740]

Glad you didn’t paint doors. Took a lot of paint off furniture, including doors, and would find walnut or mahogany underneath.On one occasion stripped a bedroom set painted army green and it was birds-eye maple underneath. Use wood, should look like wood. Best

[@makapalatrace8385]

Meticulous work. Thanks

[@amham48]

Beautiful doors! Did you find a light spray on those full glass outside doors with spraying the poly? The video seems to show somewhat of a light cloud from the spray and the wind.

[@thomasarchambault9463]

The doors look FANTASTIC, thank you for sharing this process. 👍

[@valforsyth8026]

Why aren’t you staining the bottom of the door. That would preserve it better wouldn’t it?

[@Guildbrookfarm]

It gets clear coated

[@dickdavidson3616]

Beautiful finish that you’ve achieved on the doors, sure doesn’t look like pine anymore.

[@seanekiely]

Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video project coming up very helpful

[@margiallen5155]

Loving the surfing music

[@jamesmelton1820]

Those doors look beautiful I really like that they are very very beautiful

[@musheopeaus4125]

Good tip with those screws to flip. Thanks from 🇬🇧

[@Lee.M.Easton]

Y'all are cool and well-spoken. Subscribed.

[@valeried4504]

Beautiful

[@izby2652]

Hope you remembered to stain the top and bottom edge.

[@Guildbrookfarm]

They get poly

[@bigmamma6946]

I love watching thank you for sharing your skills, you're teaching techniques are awesome. Another great episode thanks for sharing.

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@Bex-rg8pj]

Dang. I missed the premiere 🙃

[@Guildbrookfarm]

There will be more 🙃

[@adamjanczyk4869]

I was told to sand my door which was brand new like the ones in the video with 400grit and i did that, pre-stain, and when i went to put the stain (water based) on it did not take at all. Any suggestions?

[@gemini6975ar]

You used to fine of a grit. Basically you sealed the wood by sanding it with a 400 grit. Need to use 150 then 180.

[@ABinAli1]

Great Job thanks for sharing

[@michiganengineer8621]

Loving Jaime's "Back In My Day" shirt. You just need to replace the 3.5" floppy disk with paper tape or punch cards LOL I'd be more inclined to do the center sections (where I have to reach/lean) then the edges (ALL of them including top and bottom) then the side rails. That "trick" of using extra long/heavy screws to fasten both the hinges AND the lock plates is even more important on _ENTRY_ doors. Makes them that much harder to knock down! That is NOT a good bit for Schlage, even though they _HAVE_ stepped up to fix the matter. I will say it's much better than the response from Lagoon regarding the poor suckers who have their 450 catamarans. Guys, please, _PLEASE_ tell us you're planning on sealing the top and bottom of those doors? Even if it's only in a clear finish, that wood _needs_ to be sealed

[@Guildbrookfarm]

This topic has been brought up numerous times in the comments. Yes even though we aren't staining the tops and bottoms (stain is not a sealer), we are spraying all 6 sides of every door with at least 2 coats of polyurethane. 👍

[@michiganengineer8621]

@@Guildbrookfarm Gotcha, my main idea was to seal off (as much as possible) the pores of the wood from absorbing and releasing moisture. The poly coating should do that nicely, thanks for the reply!

[@ryanfunfar1762]

We are getting ready to stain multiple pine doors and your video gave us some great tips! Do you have to use a sprayer for the poly or can you put that on with a sponge brush instead?

[@Guildbrookfarm]

You can sponge brush it. It just takes a little longer and you'll want to sand the bumps off with 320 before the final coat.

[@andrewsworkshop]

Putting pins in the door to flip is genius

[@prairiepalmetto9378]

The doors are beautiful!

[@homeatlaska]

Just had my appendix out, and it was a bit rough there for a bit. So I think I'm entitled to a little mush... Jaime, it's like coming home to hear your voice, and it's absolutely wonderful to get to see you working with Jeremy on the house. We don't get to see that too much anymore. I've had time to think about how to respond to your video on why you won't be making too many homestead or other videos in the future... you've pretty-much tapped-out the content and said what you needed to say. Redundancy isn't your thing. You are definitely a moving-forward kind of gal, and I get that. But I do think that you missed the point that we, as viewers, want to make. Many times, as in the case of Guildbrook Farms, the content drew us in, but you kept us here. You formed relationships with us as your viewers, and we grew to love you. We became invested in you, what you're doing, and in your success. When you stopped making videos a couple of years ago, I used to put your videos on in a playlist, just to hear the familiar sound of Guildbrook... my happy place. I looked forward to every video, and dropped what I was doing to watch them. The familiar music, the telltale background noises, the chickens, Blueberry (oh, I do love her), and of course... you, Sweetheart. The sound of your voice is like coming home. You're a part of us now. And we've missed you so much. I think that, for me, I don't really care what it is you're doing, teaching, or just taking us along for the journey on... we love you, we miss you, and we just want to spend time with you like in this, and the last couple of videos. The point isn't the content anymore, it's just hanging-out with you. So all this to say that I'm so glad to see you, and to hear you talking to us in your sweet, gentle Jaime voice. Thank you for coming on and spending some time with us. I really do hope this becomes your thing again. I really do.

[@smoochmcguire5291]

Great video thanks thanks again

[@archiekabooom2928]

Why is the firearm carried in the property? Excuse my ignorance I’m from Melbourne Australia.

[@lisawoody6757]

Black bear, bobcat, and coyote wander those mountains.

[@maryrutigliano1044]

Snakes and trespassers

[@archiekabooom2928]

@@maryrutigliano1044 Thank you .

[@archiekabooom2928]

@@lisawoody6757 Thank you Lisa .

[@gayatri821]

Brilliant mixing of stains!

[@ohske]

☺👍👍👍👌❤❤❤

[@PostmanStudio]

A little trick, wait 24hrs after the pre-stain, this will reduce the blotching. The information on the can is misleading. Got that from a professional finisher.

[@Guildbrookfarm]

I’ll be trying that! Thanks.

[@victorvek5227]

After 24 hours, the pre-stain will certainly have evaporated, rendering it useless. 30 minutes on pine is plenty. Wipe off excess, start staining.

[@rickhoupt6933]

Thumbs up for packing while staining lol. Smokies? Subscribed for for tops. I have 3 pine doors to do bit going water based. Oil stinks for too long for me. Curious on the Hvlp. I have a cheapie and a cheap 13gal. Compressor. Wondering if enough cfm. Was planning on brushing but man that finish is tempting.

[@diegoslinger1254]

Fantastic work!

[@AlexM-kr6uu]

Hopefully over spray didn't get on the windows depending on which way the winds blowing, might not matter since it's poly. When I spray I try to mask stuff or do it far from the house.

[@inadollard6672]

Thanks again

[@cannon440]

Is your house taller than its surroundings? You should install a lighting arrester system. I had my sons install it on my house when lighting hit a tree 75' from my house as I was watching the storm.

[@gemini6975ar]

Love your staining technique, but if you would use vinyl sand sealer then 2 coats of cab acrylic lacquer, you could put three coats in on day.

[@davidbray6515]

Really amazing job guys I've always found it better to seal the top and bottom exposed edge

[@IsmailNuzaifKokky]

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[@dwalsh4027]

Looks really good. Hard work. I have stained and varnished 13 windows in my house.

[@kristophersmallsr.9395]

Looks great

[@andarthome142]

I do that my thee, just clock wise and back to even out my sugar (lol)👍👌

[@deltatango6793]

My can of minwax suggests shaking it

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Water based can be shaken. Oil based should be stirred.

[@Jupiter-wj6sn]

It's a lot of work, but they are turning out really beautiful. Pine can be a bit of a pain to stain. Nice work.

[@johannahobbs5781]

I will never look at a door the same again. A lot of work..but truly beautiful.

[@MelchersRule]

Beautiful

[@JCZ2601NL]

🇳🇱👍👍👍👍👍🍀

[@erikm9768]

28:30 Every other tutorial on the internet says put on a thick layer and wipe it off

[@drdavethedude]

how come you didn't stain or shellac the top and bottoms of the doors?

[@justme-uw6bz]

Wow they are gorgeous doors and that house is just awesome, I love it.

[@allenroche8292]

If you only put three one on one side to on the other you can twist and turn them by yourself

[@bus-fun-addict]

I have a stack of cattle panel cut offs in my shop as well. Glad im not to only one.

[@MsCaterific]

💗

[@phillipgilbert9667]

So. where does the (rustic) apply here?

[@robertbass5283]

Awesome video…great work, your doors look BEAUTIFUL ❗️❗️ And your house is looking Awesome ❗️

[@Guildbrookfarm]

Thanks!

[@cliffordpace616]

Looks fantastic!!! Love the PITA!!!