Whether you have a new interior wood door that you plan to stain or whether you have an existing one you have already stained you will want to add a protective coat of varnish to complete your project.
Varnishing old wooden garage doors.
Rot in frame of wooden garage door once sanded stripped and repaired give all areas a good brush over to remove any dust and then a wipe over with a damp cloth and the sugar soap solution.
Allow to dry completely.
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Remove old paint or varnish.
Sand the wood again with 100 grit paper then 120 grit.
This additional step will not only protect the door s surface but will add an attractive glossy finish.
Applying primer to your garage doors and frame.
You will need to either sand or strip all the old varnish off.
If your wood door has an old paint finish or other kind of varnish that you want to remove there are a couple of options.
Or you can use chemical strippers to remove the layers of paint.
A stripper with sodium hydroxide might work you re going to have to test it.
To varnish your wood door follow the steps below.
Wolmans a l acrylic latex might work ask a paint store if it will work on varnish.
For refinishing start with 80 grit sandpaper to remove old flaking varnish.
Lux garage doors carries a variety of wood garage doors handcrafted from the finest species of wood by craftsmen here in the usa.
Staining the door is appropriate if you ve removed an old finish or you re varnishing a new unfinished door and it gives extra ultraviolet protection to an exterior door that gets sun.
Or a heavy duty paint stipper that mentions varnishes polys.
You can sand the old varnish off a very time consuming task.
When applying varnish over raw wood use 220 grit sandpaper.
Sand the door in the direction of the grain.