White oak is a gray-brown color, while red oak has a reddish cast with a gray-brown wherwin. Write the absorption time on each scrap; color saturation varies by absorption. Cabot Decking Stain If choosing a door paint isn't an open-and-shut case for you, here's help. How do you apply Old Masters gel stain?

Would you have any experience with water-based stains? I'm in CA and am afraid that oil-based stains are illegal. The dyes come in all colors like Walnut and are pretty easy to use. The I did the Peneofin oil in the Ebony for the top coat. I don't have a recent outside picture, but it looks the same as the inside. It's held up to the rain and sun. Although I do need to refresh the coat. Any time you have an exterior wood finish, it's going to require a lot more upkeep than a painted door.

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Stain for exterior door - Sherwin-Williams Woodscapes? Email Save Comment 5. Sort by: Oldest. Newest Oldest. Marine grade varnish is what This Old House guys use on exterior doors. Like Save. Rockin' Fine Finish 8 months ago. I love Lori A. Sawaya's comment and applaud the care she gives customers who don't want to break the bank to paint a room.

I was a realtor before I retired and we also built custom homes for many years. Having helped many people prepare their homes for the market, helped commercial owners revamp abused properties, and having worked with several professional painters, everything she indicates is true. It also depends on the color you are trying to HIDE.

That child's bedroom painted school bus yellow, teen's room painted midnight purple, and the 60's man cave covered with paneling all require different types of paint and often require more than one coat or a primer or even a skim coat. The professional painters have correctly instructed me you can often lose more money using a lower quality paint if it does not cover well, does not last long, or isn't resistant to mold and staining.

I've seen their work in action, sold and resold homes and seen a TRUE test over many years. Now that I'm retired, I take their advice to heart. I use Sherwin Williams because it saves me the most money in materials and labor in the long haul. Sherwin Williams Paint Peeling-ruined my walls Q.

SW paint stores are almost like starbucks around here. I dont see how they could stay in business if their products were unreliable. And Lowes sells SW now. It has to be substrate problems Or maybe a transportation or storage error ruined the product, but less likely unless it was the actual store We have the best manufacturing workforce in the world, ask my 21 year old chevy truck built by the workers in Fort Wayne Indiana. No way SW machinery screws up a vat of paint and quality control doesn't know it just happened.

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