Q. My home was built in 1974 and has walnut trim and doors on the inside. The wood was stained, but never coated with a shellac or varnish. I would like to make all this wood lighter, something like ...

Question: I have a six-panel, solid-wood exterior door that was painted on the exterior side and stained on the interior side. I stripped and sanded the exterior and then stained it. However, it did ...