cost to stain pine interior doors - Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum

jreiner13 · 01-20-2009, 11:57 AM

I installed a bunch of doors and trim on this project I'm working on. I stained all the casing, base, and shoe on horses befor I installed it. It's all clear pine. The homeowner was so happy with the job I did on the trim, she now wants me to stain the doors. I'm a carpenter and don't do very much stain work. What is the average price to stain interior clear pine doors? Any info would be great. Thanks in advance.

BattleRidge · 01-20-2009, 12:11 PM

Well I would just go find some good stain and then tell her you will do it hourly, if not just figure how long its gunna take and over do it. How many doors you got? You gunna spray them? I mean if its not that many doors Its just not gunna take long.

jreiner13 · 01-20-2009, 12:17 PM

There's 9 doors. I was planning to wipe the stain on. But I have to sand, pre stain, stain, polly, sand with 220, then polly again. I was gonna charge $200 a door. I have a buddy who's a painter who said he would charge $150 per door. I thought some other oppinions would be cool. I want the work but, I don't want to rip this lady off, or price myself out of the job.

BattleRidge · 01-20-2009, 12:23 PM

$1350 would seem about right probably

eastend · 01-20-2009, 07:28 PM

are the doors single panel or 4 panel (or more?) price should be around $150 for single panel and around 200 for multi-panels.
and pre-stain, or wash coat is important, otherwise they will most likely blotch.

Gerisdetailing · 03-16-2009, 11:01 PM

Holy cow........ $150 or even $200 a doo. Boy I'm in the wrong area I going to have to move. I charge $50.00 a door and with that I make about 70 an hour. This is for 6 panel oak, maple or pine door so if you can get 150 or 200 then God Bless you

Dustyrose · 03-16-2009, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Gerisdetailing

Holy cow........ $150 or even $200 a doo. Boy I'm in the wrong area I going to have to move. I charge $50.00 a door and with that I make about 70 an hour. This is for 6 panel oak, maple or pine door so if you can get 150 or 200 then God Bless you

Yea, I thought that pricing was really high as well. I could never get that in my area. Sometimes I can't tell if the guys are joking or not about pricing on this site. But I suppose if you look at the difference in prize of real estate across America the same would hold true for contracted labor.