Building house: Paint grade wood versus stain grade?

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We are building a house that has a room with french doors. It has wooden doors that I would like to have stained, not painted.

My request was answered with the following explanation …

We were told because it was paint grade wood, that it could not be stained.

Is this true … please explain the difference and if there is any way to "get around this."

I really want them stained instead of painted!

Thanks and Merry Christmas!

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  1. pcbeachrat says:
    October 27, 2009 at 12:14 pm

    You can stain it as mentioned here, but you will end up with a few different tones, for each piece of "fingered joints" will have a different tone on the wood..one being lighter..the others darker etcetera…They look okay and all..but some people want more consistency in color..do make sure you do the following if you choose to stain a paint grade wood..where all the finger jopints are look for a glue residue there..as well as alot on the edge by the glass insert for the caulking/sealer they use between the wood and glass…if you see slick shiny spots on the wood..sand it off real good first or the stain will not take in these spots for the glue residue has the grain sealed..make sure to take a small spot light and "hilite" the wood door from all angles with the light..and look for the small shiny spots on the door to sand off first…

  2. life_loverfl says:
    October 27, 2009 at 12:14 pm

    You CAN stain the door. The difference between paint grade and stain grade woods like doors and trim is that the paint grade wood is usually comprised of finger-joint wood and stain grade wood is one continuous piece of wood.

    The door will look fine If the door doesn’t have a lot of joints. If you don’t like it after you’ve stained it you can simply rough up the service (after the stain has dried and cured) and put a coat of primer over the stain, then paint it.

  3. robertdr60 says:
    October 27, 2009 at 12:14 pm

    You can stain paint grade wood, but it won’t look very nice, because of the finger joints and the overall quality of the wood.

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