Refinishing Wooden Garage Doors

In the great majority of cases marine or spar varnish had previously been used as a clear coat over the stained surfaces.

Refinishing wooden garage doors.

It s important to start with a clean and sanded surface. Sand the flats photo by kit latham. Staining protects your garage wooden doors from harsh weather and also prevents your doors from being fed on by insects like ants. Wood staining is the best solution for longer lasting garage wooden doors.

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. You always want to start with cleaning the wood garage door. This can lead to a greater risk of a faded finish or split and cracked wooden doors. Refinishing hardwood floors can be a tough yet rewarding task.

How to stain your wooden garage door like a pro. Garage door refinishers llc specialize in refinishing garage and entry doors in the western suburbs of chicago. When you select dark paint or dark stain colors the heat from the sun will be absorbed driving temperatures up even more. Founded in 2001 we have well over fifteen hundred satisfied customers.

Staining and sealing protects your wood garage doors from the elements and brings out their beauty. With the hinge pins out pull the door off the hinges and turn it on its side being careful not to damage the floor. To keep your wood garage doors looking nice it is important to stain and seal them. Stripping the finish off and refinishing a wood door is a time consuming and expensive process.

Doug gorton gives a step by step demonstration of a garage door staining using sikkens cetol 1 2 3. We can strip sand and stain any size job in. As with any project it is best to follow a few simple steps. How to sand and seal wide plank flooring.

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. Host david thiel offers some tips on using a floor drum sander to get the job done efficiently. 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.

The sun isn t the only weather factor that affects your garage doors.