Fiberglass Door Stain Peeling

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Fiberglass door stain peeling.

Anonymous asked 6 years ago. When staining fiberglass with gel stain the stain will not soak into the fiberglass like stain does with wood. Fiberglass door stain is peeling. Gel stain is thick and won t flow when applied to fiberglass.

Fiberglass door finishing questions fiberglass door stain is peeling. I gel stained my pella fiberglass entry door 6 5 years ago and it looked great. How do i refinish it. This spring it chipped all the way through to the fiberglass and pulled stain with it.

It chipped and had to be varnished again every 6 months. If your fiberglass door s stain coat is flaking chipping or peeling off unevenly you ll have to remove the layer before applying a fresh stain coat. Finishing a fiberglass door whether you use a kit like therma tru s or buy the finishing materials on your own is a two step process. I have an exterior door that i just had installed and it wasn t painted.

It s a fiberglass door with some glass inside of it and around the glass there is a vinyl or plastic sort of material that s holding the glass in there. Fiberglass door is up for 5 years and the stain is peeling off. And i had to paint the door and i got some acrylic paint from a paint store. Fiberglass doors are attractive.

However it did not stand up to weather at all. I know i have to use a gel stain and thought there would be an equivalent to the minwax red mahogany i used for all the door trim around the door. 4 11. This is a translucent finish which means that the staining of the door and any wood grain effect this brings out can be seen through the layers of finish.

The most common kind of finish used on fiberglass doors is a topcoat known as clear coat. Used minwax gel stain and their spar varnish as directed by pella. I plan to scrape as much off as i can and then probably sand synthetic wool pads the rest off. This is because the stain will not drip and run like liquid stains.

However they do need staining or painting every three to five years. 0 vote up vote down. It is a mistake by some amateurs to use a pigmented finish which hides the effect of the stain. This video shows the step by step process that i used to refinish my fiberglass entry door.

First you add color via an oil based gel stain then. Apply the paint or gel stain using a small natural bristled. Even better they require less maintenance and have fewer problems than steel or wood doors.