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sweetpetutie

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I bought a fiberglass door with side panel last year and unfortunately thought I'd save money by getting an unfinished door and getting someone local to stain it for me. A couple hundred dollars and a few hours later I had a beautiful door and side panel with a really lousy stain job that was never finished. I hate it. Now I'm hoping to find a professional to remove the stain and paint it with the same paint color as on our shutters (I have the paint). I don't want to go through this again so I'm hoping I can find a serious minded person who would do a good job without costing an arm and a leg. I want to get a storm door put in also, so someone who knows how to do that would be a plus. Does anyone have any recommendations? I was so excited getting the door but haven't been able to really enjoy it since buying it.
 
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rhenderson

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You should be able to simply paint over the stain finish. It may take a couple of coats of base coat/stain blocker (checkout KILZ).

As for "removing the stain" that's probably only possible by heavy sanding.

I am not a professional- check with a paint store - and probably other than the paint department at Wal-Mart /Lowes.
 
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owenslx3

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you cant sand the stain out of the grooves on those doors....you should lightly sand it though and get something better than kilz....go to a paint store and see what they recommend. Those doors can be a real pain, even for profesional painters. if you get a lot of sun on that side of your house, it might not be a good idea to put a storm door on it
 
itsbob

itsbob

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sweetpetutie said:
I bought a fiberglass door with side panel last year and unfortunately thought I'd save money by getting an unfinished door and getting someone local to stain it for me. A couple hundred dollars and a few hours later I had a beautiful door and side panel with a really lousy stain job that was never finished. I hate it. Now I'm hoping to find a professional to remove the stain and paint it with the same paint color as on our shutters (I have the paint). I don't want to go through this again so I'm hoping I can find a serious minded person who would do a good job without costing an arm and a leg. I want to get a storm door put in also, so someone who knows how to do that would be a plus. Does anyone have any recommendations? I was so excited getting the door but haven't been able to really enjoy it since buying it.
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Auto Body shop will paint it for you, or anyone that does auto paint.
 
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sweetpetutie

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owenslx3 said:
you cant sand the stain out of the grooves on those doors....you should lightly sand it though and get something better than kilz....go to a paint store and see what they recommend. Those doors can be a real pain, even for profesional painters. if you get a lot of sun on that side of your house, it might not be a good idea to put a storm door on it
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About the storm door and sun, why not?
 
itsbob

itsbob

I bowl overhand
sweetpetutie said:
that's good for covering over a gel stain?
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They can fix cars that have been wrecked. Can remove anything from the finish of a car and repaint it, why wouldn't they be able to do a door?

I would think a good sand (or walnut shell) blasting would do the trick in a matter of minutes, then prime and paint. An hour or two of labor at the worst.
 
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