Prepare for Clear Coating and Apply

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Gel Staining Fiberglass Doors. How to use Gel Stains.

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After confirming the gel stain is dry, prepare for clear coating. The video states that due to cold weather, they waited two days for the stain to cure. Set up an enclosed area (like a tent with plastic sheeting) and use heaters to maintain a warm environment for optimal clear coat application, especially in cold conditions. Mask off all door hardware with Frog Tape. The video shows using a Titan 440i sprayer set at approximately 2200 psi with a RAC X fine finish tip size 310 for applying Minwax Water Based Helmsman Spar Urethane in a clear satin finish. Apply the clear coat evenly over the entire stained surface of the doors and jambs.

Goal: Apply a protective clear coat to the stained doors and jambs.

Tools and materials

Heaters — Maintaining optimal temperature for clear coat application in cold weather
Painter's tape — Masking off door hardware
Plastic sheeting — Creating a tented, warm environment for clear coating
Sprayer — Applying the clear coat. Set at 2200 psi with a RAC X fine finish tip size 310

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doors. We got this whole front side of the front door completely coated. Took us about 15 to 20 minutes to coat this side. Now, this is the next day. The doors have had overnight to dry. We stained the door jambs with Sher Williams BAC wiping stain and stained the doors with a gel stain. We've got a heater set up still to warm them up today to spray the clear coat because as you can see outside it's cold outside. We've got masking up and created a tent to keep the warm air inside here to be able to spray in with our water-based clear coat. We're getting ready to clear coat this door now. We're actually masking off the hardware with Frog Tape. Doing a few little touch-ups on it. We just set up a getting ready to set up our 440 in here to spray it with our Helmsman. We'll be setting some drop cloths down in here. Be using the Helmsman water-based product right here.

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