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Originally Posted by DD716TED
About 6 years ago I made / installed a sliding (barn type) door to isolate the patio / garage hallway in bad weather.. I fabricated it from groved wood (not GP) siding and 2 / 4's.. I assembeled it with glue and screws.. then primed the entire door, caulked all open seams/ screw holes and painted it to match the house... Now. 6 years later I have to replace the door due to wood rot and soft paneling on the bottom 4 inches of the door as depicted by the red rectangle on the attached photo.. This deterioration is I am sure due to the door getting wet during lawn sprinkling and wet weather we have here in Washington State.. Now I am going to build a replacement door using the same materials.. My question is to avoid future rot in the same location, is it practical to coat the entire 1/3 of the door with fiberglass resin (without cloth) or something else to stop water penetration prior to painting? The top 3/4 of the door are fine with no problems.. Any ideas / thoughts would be appreciated...
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I have used resin outside with mixed results. Sometimes air bubbles can form under it and cause it to crack. Have you ever mixed a little bondo in the resin. That may help. I use bondo by it self on wood all the time. It works great. But I am ussually doing small areas. I think if it is sealed up good it might work.
Or better yet and probably cheaper. Try boat paint. That stuff is great.
I'm not sure about how an other color would adhere to it. Because I know boat paint doesn't come in lot's of colors. But if you want white, there is plenty.
Just curious. what made you think of resin. I use to live in Seattle I worked down on first ave where they had a big fiberglass polar bear out front. I use to use resin quite a bit their.