any one else have thermatru exterior doors?
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Stripping Paint off a Therma-tru exterior door
Comments (2)Thank you for your response! I'm afraid you are right. The Therma-Tru website pertaining to how to stain the door, does give an okay to using a stripper but I'm leaning more with what you say. Think we will have to live with it because if we mess it up trying to strip it off, we could end up with a worse looking mess. I'm afraid it is too much to replace it now. Thanks, again....See MoreMinwax Gel stain on Thermatru Fiber Classic door?
Comments (19)Since we sell Zar, I KNOW how good this stain is...for EXACTLY this use!! (Return all your Therma*** stuff...) To ME, it's easy to control ZAR's color. * Once the stain has dried a day, I'd use any good OIL Spar-Varnish. * MINIMUM FOUR COATS. * Even FPE-Varnishes implore you to stay on top of your Poly'd "exposed woods"...meaning...stay AHEAD of the UV-damage by lightly sanding and applying a maintenance-coat every few years. * Depending on actual sun-exposure, I wouldn't let a door go 3 "off" years without a maintenance coat or 2! * If it's an East or North door, you could easily have 5 or 6 "off" years! Faron...See MoreIs PlasPro or any other fiberglass door comparable to ThermaTru?
Comments (32)Well...it's my first time on this forum. My husband and I went through their warranties words by words and noticed something : "However, all bare or unprotected wood surfaces (such as door frames) on all steel and fiberglass Products (note: including any bare or unprotected wood surfaces used or exposed by builders, contractors, dealers or distributors on or in conjunction with the Products) should be primed and painted or stained and top coated within the lesser of 2 weeks of installation or exposure to weather." So does it mean that we need to paint over the hinge location? who paint the hinge area before installing the hinges? NO ONE does that. Anyway, we end up with PlastPro door and we are very happy with it. Plus, their door doesn't have the ugly screw hole around the glass like the old door....See MoreAnyone have an exterior Thermatru smooth star door?
Comments (6)Is the perception of quality influenced by the fact that it does not have the grain look of a wood door? Since my siding will be smooth, I specifically wanted a smooth surface for the door as well, so not having the grain is not a negative for me....See Morekellys2boys
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