Refinishing hardwood floors can be a tough yet rewarding task.
Refinishing wooden garage doors.
Wood staining is the best solution for longer lasting garage wooden doors.
Staining your door brings out that next level fabulous and rustic.
With the door resting on padded sawhorses use a random orbit sander with 80 grit paper to quickly remove what remains of the old varnish and sun baked flakes of wood.
Sand the flats photo by kit latham.
Garage door refinishers llc specialize in refinishing garage and entry doors in the western suburbs of chicago.
You always want to start with cleaning the wood garage door.
Other weather impacts on your garage door.
Carry the door to the garage or workshop for sanding and refinishing.
The sun isn t the only weather factor that affects your garage doors.
As with any project it is best to follow a few simple steps.
This can lead to a greater risk of a faded finish or split and cracked wooden doors.
While the storm door on this house kept it secure while the door was being refinished a piece of plywood could also be cut to fill the opening temporarily.
With the hinge pins out pull the door off the hinges and turn it on its side being careful not to damage the floor.
Staining protects your garage wooden doors from harsh weather and also prevents your doors from being fed on by insects like ants.
In the great majority of cases marine or spar varnish had previously been used as a clear coat over the stained surfaces.
To keep your wood garage doors looking nice it is important to stain and seal them.
It s important to start with a clean and sanded surface.
Host david thiel offers some tips on using a floor drum sander to get the job done efficiently.
Stripping the finish off and refinishing a wood door is a time consuming and expensive process.
At least fifty times a year we are asked to refinish wood doors that it be a front entrance or a garage door.
Before refinishing this scarred and flaking entry door painting contractor john dee sets it on padded sawhorses and takes off the hardware.
Doug gorton gives a step by step demonstration of a garage door staining using sikkens cetol 1 2 3.
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