I recently sanded off the old finish on my exterior door and re-stained it with an exterior gel stain. The weather then turned colder and I didn’t get a chance to apply a top coat to protect it. It has been about 6 weeks and I now notice the raised panels in the door are splitting (separating). I’m assuming this is due to a change in temperature and humidity being lower.
Is there anything I can do to get the splits to close up? Repair options? Do I apply the urethane and live with the splits? They are less than 1/32″.
Any thoughts or comments would be appreciated.
Thanks
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You could try a glue syringe to squeeze some glue into the crack on a warm day. Glue syringes can be bought at a lot of hardware stores but I've never seen them in big box stores. Bought mine a couple of years ago, a set of 2 for $5. The glue will dry and fill the crack but if you wish to stain the door, the glue will show after the staining.
If you wish to close the crack, squeeze the glue inside the crack and clamp it. I cant see the door and don't know if the panel is raised enough to get a clamp on them. If not, can you hot glue a block on both sides of the crack and pull it in that way, or a simple nail on each side???? It's not going to need a lot of pressure to glue it together. Hope this helps...
Raised panel splits
If the raised panels split, that probably means they are stuck, or glued into the frame, rather than being free-floating.
An alternative to using glue syringes would be (carefully-applied) suction from your shop vac on the opposite side of the door panel. But, you might end up with more glue between the panel and the frame, making the problem worse. You might end up needing to replace the door with one designed to take exterior extremes.
Furniture Repairing and Maintaining
Yes, there is a repair option. Seek the professional and expert help from furniture and leather repair service provider. As temperature and humidity changes continuously, furniture are needs to be repaired and maintained periodically. I found the good one article about 'Furniture Restoration of Antiques'.
Can you check this http://caldwells.com/exterior-doors exterior type of doors, is that possible to have it that way?
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