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woodgrain on metal doors

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Is there any reason to believe this won't last as long as a normal exterior latex paint job... X I M primer tinted to a butternut, covered with a reddish brown exterior latex cut 1:1 with Behr ultra deep exterior base (satin), then lightly dragged with a sponge to highlight the raised grain of the door. What do you think? Any sealer needed? Other thoughts?
Thanks, fletch
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vermontpainter
MAK-Deco said:
I know Scott, but I also made mention to the stripes on the bottom panel.
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And you also said that it doesnt look bad. You were basically saying that it caught your eye, and you werent sure what the intent of the effect was. Thats a world of difference from saying WTF!

When Stacy comes back I think he will verify that he was going for the ribboned look of curly maple or quartersawn oak on that one piece. Its cool that he introduced it only on the bottom piece for a subtle effect. I dont mean to speak for Stacy, and I dont know him at all, but from a staining perspective I think that is the effect he was going for and I respect his work. That kind of graining with stain is beyond what I could do, and I am a pretty good stainer.
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vermontpainter said:
And you also said that it doesnt look bad. You were basically saying that it caught your eye, and you werent sure what the intent of the effect was. Thats a world of difference from saying WTF!

When Stacy comes back I think he will verify that he was going for the ribboned look of curly maple or quartersawn oak on that one piece. Its cool that he introduced it only on the bottom piece for a subtle effect. I dont mean to speak for Stacy, and I dont know him at all, but from a staining perspective I think that is the effect he was going for and I respect his work. That kind of graining with stain is beyond what I could do, and I am a pretty good stainer.
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First of all, thanks to everyone for all the kind remarks. It's always nice to hear positive feedback. I even appreciated the negative feedback. I'm really not offended by johnthepainter's remarks. If he honestly thinks that it looks horrible, then he should say so. I'm sure there are plenty here on this forum who would make my graining jobs look pathetic by comparison, and for all I know, John is one of them.

And yes vermont, ribboned or curly or quartersawn, whatever you want to call it, that is the look I was going for. But it is not on just that one piece. It is present on most of the door. It is just the most prevalent on the bottom rail.
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im sorry if i ofended the craftsman that stained this door,,,

is this the type of a forum that everyone praises each others work, or a forum that offers honest critique???

the wtf portion of my post was overkill, but i was totally amazed that all of these pro painters were giving this door praise

just honest critique of a picture that was posted here
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