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[quote=Anonymous]I would never do it, but again I am not selling my place.

When I bought my place (and old house), all the interior doors (not in good shape) were stained with a not-so-nice brown stain.  I removed all doors and sent me to a stripping place so that the dark stain would be removed.  They came back much lighter, and then I refinished them (it took me months of DYI to sand and varnish them during the evenings).  I also polished the tarnished hardware. The doors are now absolutely beautiful and it really really adds to the beauty of the whole place.

But, if I were selling the place, I don't know whether I would do that -- it is much more DIY work than just painting the doors.

Another possibility is to have the stripping place strip (i.e. remove the stain) and then varnish the doors.  I guess stripping a door is probably $100 per door; I pressume varnishng the door is another $100 per door but I am not sure.

And, in the event that you go ahead and paint them, at least seal them before priming and painting (for example with a DEWAXED shellac), so that the future owner, in theory will have a much easier time stripping them back to raw wood, in the unlikely event they want to do it.  But they probably won't strip them once they are painted.  If you don't use a sealer, at least use a good primer.[/quote]

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