Applying gel stain to a fiberglass door
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Gel stained my cabinet door. I liked it, but...
Comments (15)Thanks for all your replies! (If you are interested in how I stained it, you can skip to the ***** marks) I decided to change the cabinets after looking more carefully. The drawers are 10mm particle boards put together by staples. They have central under-mount slide and do not slide smoothly at all. They are not as good as what I had in my rental condo (original cabinets from 85), and inside some drawers the particle boards are peeling. To be green and eco-friendly, I'll paint them white and let the workers install them in the garage, makes a perfect workshop or organizer. The island may need to go, though. My contractor told me if the cabinets are attached to the walls by screws (vs. nails), it will be salvageable, very luckily, they are. :) Thank you for all your advice. ******************************** Okay. So here's how I stained it. Basically I just followed Celticmoon's post and procedures. (Thank you Celticmoon and everyone sharing your experience). They are in the following links: http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg011124147771.html http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg0609355831889.html http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/kitchbath/msg0619093520899.html What I might did different is that I spent a bit more time sanding the shining coat off, about 2 min per door with fine sand block. Initially I used cheese cloth to put on the gel, then wipe off with old socks. But that created some problem: if your door has a deep, think groove like mine, with cheese cloth there will be too much gel trapped in it, makes it hard to wipe off. And I was wiping too late, and too hard in the first coats, as well. After three coats it still looks nowhere near dark brown. Not mention for the second coat I only waited 20 min after the first one, it was not dry yet. I used a foam brush for the fourth coat and didn't apply to the groove at all (it is dark enough), wiped off immediately before the paint dissolves previous coats. This time it gets pretty dark. Hope these helps!...See MoreGel Stain on Mahogany Exterior Doors
Comments (6)This is a really good idea that I had never heard before. But it makes perfect sense. Clear paint! Why didn't I think of that? Basically, a coat of clear acrylic. There are clear bases and white bases. Be sure you ask for the proper one. The the more vivid colors like red take a clear base. That's part of why they take more coats to cover. Even the deepest base might dry a bit translucent though. Because you're trying so hard to color match, it's worth buying a quart can and giving it a test on an out of the war spot. HD might sell you one of those little tester bottles full since they use it for mixing samples. Let us know how it turns out. If it you don't love the look you could put on a couple coats of a satin finish spar varnish. Boring. It's pretty durable for weatherproofing, but where's the manly adventure??? ~;o)...See MoreWhich is better: stained or painted fiberglass exterior door?
Comments (0)I want to get a new front door, half-window and made of fiberglass with fake grain. I would like to try a darkish green or blue paint on the exterior and brownish gel stain on the interior (to match the woodwork). Door faces east-southeast. Current door is steel painted dark brown (BM paint); it shows some fading after 10 years (probably faded earlier, but I just now questioned the color). Would the paint color fade? Would fading green be less objectionable than fading blue? If I don't like the paint can I apply stain over it? Which lasts longer: stain or paint? What do you do with the edges (top, bottom, and sides) of the door? Match the inside color or the outside? The trims on both the inside and outside are some sort of brown (stain and paint). Thanks for any help....See MoreGel Stain Wood front door
Comments (11)I used Minwax but I tried to find General finishes which I heard was really good. Neither Home Depot or Lowe’s sold it You apply with a foam brush ( it’s really goopy) but it makes it easy to get in cracks. Then you wipe off with cheese cloth. Get plenty of cheese cloth. I then put poly on after it dried and will do a second coat 24 hours from now....See Moresombreuil_mongrel
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