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11-08-2006, 09:06

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Wood Garage Doors

I must be a glutton for punishment. I installed wood (hemlock) raised panel garage doors on my home, because the thought of steel doors on a log home bothered me. I stained the doors with Minwax stain, and followed up with 3 coats of Helmsman polyurethane. These doors face east, and really shouldn't be as weathered as the logs that face south on my home.
It's time to refinish them...I am changing (not sure what yet) the stain on our logs, not happy with the durability of that either (I used DEFY water based log stain). Any thoughts on something that will be more durable? I still want to be able to see the beauty of the wood grain, so painting is not an option...anyone have any experience with this?

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11-09-2006, 14:04

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Wood Garage Doors

Almost all of these products have some UV protection in them. What I've found out since my first post is that Sikkens is indeed the Cadillac product...uh, at a Mercedes price. Even thelogstoredotcom that sells all kinds of products says that they will need to be renewed on logs and vertical wood surfaces every 2-4 years.
Next time I build a log house, I'll use Aluminum siding

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OK, I went out and bought a gallon ($65) of Sikkens Cetol Log and Siding. The local dealer told me that several properties of their popular Cetol 1 and Cetol 23+ have been combined and improved upon, allowing Cetol Log & Siding to perform as well or better...and with only 2 coats. I've only put one coat on so far...the weather has not been cooperative, but it doesn't have the gloss on the doors that I was hoping for. Time will tell if it lasts...that's the most important to me.

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