here are some doors I recently sprayed. I used a simple rustoleum black satin enamel over 4 coats of primer. I thinned the paint maybe 30% or so and shot it at 35psi through a 2mm tip. I toyed with the idea of distressing them but screw it. This is all she gets!
to fill the pores of the honey oak, I simply thinned Elmer's high strength wood filler to the consistency of a latex ppaint or so, then applied it by brush, and then sanded it by hand. The pores weren't perfectly filled, but they're magnitudes better. Next time I might try using that putty you see in lowe's, with the picture of the tough guy on the label. Name? Or any ideas on how to fill pores without getting too time consuming?