Timber front door- any suggestions for stain

yop

Hi
We have a timber front door, in about 8 years now, but its gone "ugly" looking. Any suggestions on how to revive the door and frame.

Many thanks

mad m

Seen a lot worse to be honest. Give door good sanding, clean down with white spirits. Sadolins do some great exterior finishes, but can be tricky to put on for normal joe soap.

Sadolins you can get with a stain, but once you lay it off don't go near it even if a bit of dirt blows onto it as it will drag. You can go back to it the following day and go over door again but using Sadolins with stain can darken door with each coat you put on. Get a nice clam sunny day to do it.

Or you can do the two stage root, after cleaning down get a stain and once dry varnish door with yacht varnish.

Oh take off any door furniture before painting.

http://www.sadolin.co.uk

sky6

Sadolins is the way to go. I have used it both ways as suggested, but I prefare option 1 myself as it's easier to repeat a year or two later.
Also the sheen on the Door will be semi gloss as opposed to a high shine with yacht varnish.

yop

Thanks guys, I will certainly look at those suggestions and put them into practice

mad m

Yop,

If you have those daughter excluder rubbers/plastic strips in frame make sure you take them out when doing door, they can easily mark finish if let in and stick to door when shut. Also try and do door first thing as it will give you hours to let it dry

yop

mad m wrote: »

Yop,

If you have those daughter excluder rubbers/plastic strips in frame make sure you take them out when doing door, they can easily mark finish if let in and stick to door when shut. Also try and do door first thing as it will give you hours to let it dry

And what will i do with my daughter

mad m

yop wrote: »

And what will i do with my daughter

Ha! Bloody spell check on iPad.......draught.

yop

mad m wrote: »

Ha! Bloody spell check on iPad.......draught.

Hee hee, I hear you, makes sense that indeed. (re the draughts! )

Spocker

Sikkens Filter 7 is also a good choice: http://www.duluxtrade.ie/products/info/sikkens_cetol_filter_7.jsp

Recommended to me by a family member who worked for Munster Joinery; it's what they use on all their timber products.

I gave my 8 year old door a couple of coats last year, and it came up excellently(?)

yop

Spocker wrote: »

Sikkens Filter 7 is also a good choice: http://www.duluxtrade.ie/products/info/sikkens_cetol_filter_7.jsp

Recommended to me by a family member who worked for Munster Joinery; it's what they use on all their timber products.

I gave my 8 year old door a couple of coats last year, and it came up excellently(?)

Thats exactly what was put on it (badly!) when I got the door. I'm embarrassed to admit that I stained it, and left that spill stream down the door frame!!!

Lex Luthor

Spocker wrote: »

Sikkens Filter 7 is also a good choice: http://www.duluxtrade.ie/products/info/sikkens_cetol_filter_7.jsp

Recommended to me by a family member who worked for Munster Joinery; it's what they use on all their timber products.

I gave my 8 year old door a couple of coats last year, and it came up excellently(?)

I use this on the log cabin...basecoat of the Cetol HLS first, actually 2 base coats and the the Filter 7 on top
Really good stain, brings out the knots and grain in the wood vividly