Form and function all wrapped up together.
How to build a door with colored glass.
Clean the glass throughly and tape off the window or door frame.
Rip plane and sand enough 1 2 square wood to make the stops front and back for 1 8 safety glass or plastic.
Be sure that the door you make is the proper thickness for your door jamb.
Apply additional coats if you wish for great opacity.
Remove as much tape as you can by hand then scrape and sand the rest of the tape and epoxy off.
Nail one side of the stops in leaving a 3 16 reveal lay the glass or plastic in and install the other stops.
Each of these designs can be used in conjunction with our glass panel doors or substituted for wood panels in our solid wood panel doors stained glass can also be used in our dutch doors you have the option choose the caming selection linked to caming and glass color.
Walking you through this project should answer a lot of questions regarding interior and exterior door construction.
The outsides of this door will be 1 1 2 thick which is standard for an exterior door.
I don t give exact measurements for the cutting of the wood in this project because the size of the doors will depend on the size of the shelf or cabinet you re.
So i want to step you through the process i used to build a custom size solid wood door with insulated glass half lite to fit the existing doorway opening.
Apply a thin coat of the spray paint and let it dry.
These interior and exterior stained glass design templates are a starting point for implementing stained glass into your door.
The only logical plan was to build the door myself.