Door upholstery is required when the old canvas is not yet worn, but lost a beautiful view, or when it is necessary to strengthen the heat and noise insulation. This process is not very complicated and fully implement independently, without the help of a specialist, especially if you want to save money.

Varieties of upholstery materials for entrance doors

The most popular upholstery materials are considered:

• dermatin or leatherette;
• genuine Leather;
• lining;
• wood;
• mDF panels.

To select one of the listed materials, it is necessary to evaluate their advantages and disadvantages, weigh your budget, think what appearance doors seems to you most beautiful.

Often, wooden doors are frown by dermatin on both sides. This material, compared to the rest, is cheap and beautiful, but, unfortunately, has a short service life and requires careful circulation.

Genuine leather is much more practical, but it costs, respectively, more expensive. It gives the doors an exquisite, rich appearance and serves a lot longer than an artificial analogue. To decorate the door even more, use decorative nails, creating patterns using them on the surface of the door canvase.

The upholstery of metal doors is most often produced using MDF panels - durable and not very expensive material. It is durable and resistant to many adverse effects. MDF panels are divided into 3 types:

• painted;
• laminated;
• from natural wood - oak, beech, ash, etc.

Watching these panels are very beautiful. Even those manufactured not from wood have such a coating that fully imitates the color and structure of this material.

The most expensive option is a natural tree. The door with such a trim is not only beautiful, but also more reliable, resistant to drumps of temperature and humidity.

How to prepare for upholstery of the entrance door?

A set of tools that will be required to work:

• nippers;
• scissors;
• nails with decorative hats;
• a sharp knife, which is convenient to cut the canvas;
• hammer;
• screwdriver.

In case the upholstery of the metal door is planned, then the screwdriver will also need the listed. For the inner substrate usually take syntheps, cotton wool, felt, foam rubber.

Regardless of what kind of upholstery material is given preference, it is not necessary to buy it under the calculation, but with a small margin. If the door leaf will be born not only outside, but also from the inside, then when choosing a finish, you need to keep in mind that it should be combined with the interior of the hallway.

Preparation of the door leaf to the upholstery includes the following steps:

• remove the design with loops;
• carry out dismantling of fittings - locks, handles, eyes, etc.;
• clear the canvas from dirt;
• for greater convenience, put the door horizontally, for example, on 2-4 stools, then free access will open to anyone;
• spread the material of the inner substrate evenly over the entire surface and secure it with nails so that with further manipulations it remains bent.

Door upholstery do it yourself

Consider several options for doors:

1. Upholstery with clapboard. Lining is plastic or wooden decorative strips. It can be equally successfully refined both wooden and metal doors. It is reliable, well isolates the door from the cold and extraneous noise, has a long service life. The lining can be different colors and sold in any construction store. The planks are very easy to dock honey, the lumen does not remain. Sometimes, at the end of the work, they are covered with a veneer and / or varnish, seeking the desired shade.

Sequence of work:

• it is desirable at least one day before the start of the finish hold the material in the room where the door will be installed, so that it is accustomed to a constant temperature;
• to increase the lifespan of the lining, it should be treated with a refractory impregnation and an antiseptic;
• even before the start of work, think how to bed better laying: along, across or with the layout of the ornament;
• cut the material in accordance with the desired size;
• start the finish from the edges;
• fix the material on a wooden surface using finish nails, and for metal or make a wooden frame, or take special adhesives and secure directly on the metal;
• when the work is finished, cover the surface of the door with varnish - it will be more stronger, and more beautiful.

1. Upholstery inlet door tree. This material is not cheap, but it is beautiful, environmentally friendly, durable and reliable. True, it requires mandatory treatment with various impregnations that prevent the appearance of mold, fungus and spurious insects.

Stages of work:

• wooden trim is fixed to a metal door either on liquid nails, or on a pre-equipped wooden frame;
• if the option is selected with a frame, then make several holes in the middle of the door cloth for fastening it;
• spread the insulation evenly throughout the area of \u200b\u200bthe door leaf and lock it;
• the next stage, proceed to fasten the trim on the bar;
• at the end of the work, as well as in the previous case, it is desirable to cover the trim with a protective layer of varnish.

1. Upholstery dermatin. This material makes it possible to show a designer fantasy when finishing. It is better to put a layer of insulation to it, and then the bulk surface is obtained, on which decorative nails can be depicted ornament or pattern. To insult the door to Dermatin with their own hands, besides the above-mentioned circular saw, metal profile and glue.

Sequencing:

• on the wooden surface of the door leaf from the outside, impose metal corners and secure them with screws;
• pilenok's perimeter to put out the polyurethane foam substrate, pre-cut off the right amount;
• if the material has a small thickness, put it in two layers and wrap for convenience of sticky tape;
• insulation, put on the glue, and wait for it to dry it up, or bring it with nails, in this case it can be easily replaced in the future;
• cut from the leaf of Dermatin a piece that exceeds the size of the door 100 mm in all directions;
• take the upholstery material and begin to nail it with decorative nails, working from the upper end towards the side of the side;
• upholstery edges sweep under the insulation so that they look beautiful;
• in the process of work, the material must be tightened well, otherwise it will come out ugly;
• it is most convenient to act with the assistant, then the stretch will be good, and all the lines are clear, besides, in this case, Dermatin's service will increase repeatedly;

• decorative nails must defend from the edge of the door cloth about 0.5 cm, and between them there should be a gap of 80-100 mm;
• when the entire perimeter is crushed, to work out between all neighboring nails one by one, and then the step will be 40-50 mm;
• at the request, you will show a beautiful pattern on the canvas, scoring additional nails;
• set in place all removed accessories.

The process of upholstery doors Dermatin is perhaps the easiest. All work will leave for strength 3-4 hours. With such work, every home master self-taught can cope.

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