Refinishing a faded garage door finish.
Restoring wooden garage doors.
Wood garage doors are a specialty item and should be treated as such.
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.
Carry the door to the garage or workshop for sanding and refinishing.
Remove the garage doors from the brackets that ride along the track.
Sand the flats photo by kit latham.
Use these step by step instructions to restore a door and add period authentic hardware.
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.
Staining your door brings out that next level fabulous and rustic look adding some style to your home.
Start with cleaning your wooden garage.
Use on entry doors metal lights shutters road signs and more.
A newly refinished garage door will add richness and character to the front of your hom.
With the hinge pins out pull the door off the hinges and turn it on its side being careful not to damage the floor.
Here are a few steps to staining your garage doors without major hiccups in this project.
Take a look at how doorestore works to restore faded garage doors.
Using vise grips remove the bolts from the brackets image 2 and slide the doors out image 3.
Wood staining is the best solution for longer lasting garage wooden doors.
Before refinishing this scarred and flaking entry door painting contractor john dee sets it on padded sawhorses and takes off the hardware.
It will help to place shim blocks under the door to relieve some of the pressure from the brackets image 1.
Doorestore will restore sun damaged paint simulated wood fiberglass acrylics plastics and metal while also protecting with our uv block additive.
Use these step by step instructions to restore a door and add period authentic hardware.
Restoration realities visits a 1925 colonial revival house that s in need of a front door upgrade.