Wood staining is the best solution for longer lasting garage wooden doors.
How to stain a wooden garage door.
Here are a few steps to staining your garage doors without major hiccups in this project.
Before staining a wood door take it off the hinges remove all the hardware and sand the door if it s been painted or stained previously.
Start with cleaning your wooden garage.
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Start with cleaning your surface.
Staining your door brings out that next level fabulous and rustic look adding some style to your home.
To learn more consult a garage door specialist in your area.
Part of the process of staining a garage door to look like wood is using brush strokes to allow the base color to come through just a little to give it that woodgrain look.
It is painted in two directions a first in the garage door industry and then fired.
This gives it the appearance of a genuine wood door with the woodgrain effect embossed on the surface of the metal.
Next choose a good quality stain with a petroleum base.
To stain the edges either lift open the garage door in stages exposing the raw unstained wood edge under the rubber weather stripping and stain it as the door is slowly opened or open the door all the way and stain the raw edges from inside the garage.
Once everything is ready put on protective eyewear and gloves and make sure you re working in a well ventilated area.
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