With water based varnishes re application on outdoor surfaces is a fact of life.
How to stain wood exterior doors.
This new wood door was stain grade fir meaning it was milled accurately and with finer wood requiring very little sanding before stain is applied.
So i did a minor touch up by re sanding the door applying the stain where needed then applying new coats of varnish.
If you want to know how to restain a door i have a quick solution that ll work for most stained wood front doors.
The wiping stain is a highly pigmented stain that allows the wood finisher the.
How often you need to refinish the door depends upon the quality of the original stain.
It is important to stain your wood exterior doors regularly not only to protect them from the damage weather can cause but also to keep your doors looking the best they can by making the wood darker and richer.
It has gorgeous grains and came nearly ding free.
What stain to use.
The cost of the unfinished door was under 400 and special ordered from my local home improvement store.
This is a lot less work than staining the door originally so it wasn t too bad.
Stained exterior wood doors require frequent refinishing due to sun exposure dampness and inclement weather.
At the end of the re application my door was as good as new.
See interior wood stains below for comparisons of the two types of interior stain.
Being visible to the outside world staining your wood exterior doors should be carried out annually so that the doors remain striking and rich.
Wiping stains and penetrating stains.
You can use either a penetrating stain or a heavy bodied wiping stain.
And you don t have to strip any of the old stain off or even remove the door.
There are two basic types of interior wood stains.
Most hardware can be removed by unscrewing a couple of philips head screws and should come off quite easily.