Care and Maintenance
STORAGE AND HANDLING •
All doors must always be handled with clean gloves.
• Doors should always be lifted and carried, not dragged across one another.
• All doors must always be stored flat or carefully leveled supports. • Never store doors in damp areas, directly on concrete, or leaned against walls. Storage space should be clean, dry, and well ventilated. • Keep doors clean and cover with an opaque material which does not permit light to avoid discoloration. Certain wood species including Cherry, Mahogany, Teak, and Walnut are more sensitive to light unlike other species, thus required to be stored and handled with extra protection. • Doors should not come in contact with water. Do not subject interior doors to extreme heat and/or humidity. Prolonged exposure may cause damage. It is recommended to store doors in a building where temperature and humidity are controlled. Recommended conditions are 25% to 55% RH and 50°F to 90°F (10°C to 32°C). FINISHING • All surfaces must be finished equally. Wood is hygroscopic and dimensionally influenced by changes in moisture content caused by surrounding environment changes. • Doors should not be considered ready for finishing when initially received. Prior to finishing, remove all handling marks, burnishes, raised grain, scuffs and other undesirable blemishes by block sanding all surfaces with 180-220 grit sand paper or fine sanding sponges and spot prime as needed. Make sure not to sand through the factory primer. • Do not use steel wood on bare wood, rusty containers, or any other contaminate in the finishing system. Certain species of wood such as Oak, may contain extractives which react unfavorably with foreign materials in the finishing system. • The manufacturer is not responsible for the appearance of field finished doors. Field finished doors including primed doors, must be sanded prior to finishing. It is expected that the painting contractor will make adjustments as needed to achieve desired results. • All exposed, unfinished wood surfaces should be finished and sealed including the top and bottom rails. Cutouts for hardware in exterior doors must be sealed prior to hardware installation. • To reduce the chance of warping, avoid using dark colored stains or finishes on door surfaces that is exposed to direct sunlight. • During the finishing process, doors should be stood straight up or hanging. Do not lay doors down without equal support throughout the door to avoid warpage. Be sure that the door surface being finished is satisfactory in both smoothness and color before applying the next coat. Do not finish doors until a sample of the finish has been approved.
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