Of the 14 doors, three were scarred badly some years ago by new locksets. I square the ragged holes, and patch them with new birch. The seams are visible, but not so terribly so.  It seems an extravagant use of time to improve the appearance of these old doors, but I don’t yet know how much new ones cost.

More satisfyingly efficient is staining the doors FIVE at a time—the sawhorses fill our main garage.