Strip it, prep, and paint it with a non-oil based paint. It's likely all lead paint as well.

 

Thanks, Any recommendations on the stripper brand?

 

Been a long time since I got into that. It's messy work that I try to avoid. I have used the Kleen Strip from the box store before, but I don't know if that's the best currently available. Some of the everyday painters will likely be along to give better advice.

 

Soda blaster or laser stripper.

Tom

 

Soda blaster or laser stripper.

Tom

Laser stripper on wood? Wouldn’t that char the wood?

 

Scrape of what you can with your 5 in 1 scraper, then sand the rest with your power sanders. I wouldn't even mess with a chemical stripper. You can use Zipstrip, it's been around forever and it works, but it's slow and takes more than one treatment to get all the paint off. If you sand, you usually don't have to get 100% of the paint off, just sand the edges of the old paint to where you can't see any aligatoring. Then prime, caulk, fill, and paint. Have fun!

 

Good old fashioned scraping and sanding. Find some decent profile scrapers if need be. Scrape what is loose and feather all the edges.
I would strip that door completely.
The dust will be lead so protect accordingly.
If you removed the doors you could use a heat gun to strip paint quite quickly but do NOT use the heat gun on anything in place.