Nice, I wish I knew that when I used it the first time on my extension roof in my old house. Worked a treat but man I got in a state lol
Gap filling on wooden front door.
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i've had a few like that.
a panelled door can, and is "supposed to," accomodate shinkage by the panels pulling fractionally out of the grooves (which is how a panelled door is made) in the thicker framing parts.
what happens, especially after many years of painting, is that paint gets into the grooves and firmly glues the parts together, so they can't move, and can't accomodate the shrinkage.
as shrinkage cannot be prevented, it usually cracks the paint or splits the panel.
when you're lucky, and it only cracks the paint, the fix is to scrape all the paint out of the join, so it can move freely, and apply just the thinnest smear of paint to hide the colour of the bare timber. It is less noticable on dark paint.
when the crack is accessible, it's possible to bump the two parts aside with the palm of your hand, brush in a little glue, and bump them together. A repair will not last if you don't remove the paint in the joints.
you might use a flexible silicone sealant, because the crack will open and close in future depending on the weather.
the panels will expand and contract widthways across the grain, not lengthways.
a panelled door can, and is "supposed to," accomodate shinkage by the panels pulling fractionally out of the grooves (which is how a panelled door is made) in the thicker framing parts.
what happens, especially after many years of painting, is that paint gets into the grooves and firmly glues the parts together, so they can't move, and can't accomodate the shrinkage.
as shrinkage cannot be prevented, it usually cracks the paint or splits the panel.
when you're lucky, and it only cracks the paint, the fix is to scrape all the paint out of the join, so it can move freely, and apply just the thinnest smear of paint to hide the colour of the bare timber. It is less noticable on dark paint.
when the crack is accessible, it's possible to bump the two parts aside with the palm of your hand, brush in a little glue, and bump them together. A repair will not last if you don't remove the paint in the joints.
you might use a flexible silicone sealant, because the crack will open and close in future depending on the weather.
the panels will expand and contract widthways across the grain, not lengthways.
Thanks John. That makes sense when you think how these things are joined. Essentially it seems the paint is preventing the door from moving as it should, so, given super extreme weather, the paint has given way basically. At this point I think something flexible makes the most sense and I can see how I can get on. Time isn't on my side to effectively strip the door almost back to (my favourite!) bare wood and give a thin coat of paint. If this flexible fix doesn't work then I guess it might be my only option.
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you only need to scrape out the "corner" where panel meets the stile. Maybe an eighth of an inch. preferably go all round the edge of the panel, inside and out
when you scrape it, you will actually see a line where the colour changes, at the wood that has always been in the groove and never exposed until now.
when you scrape it, you will actually see a line where the colour changes, at the wood that has always been in the groove and never exposed until now.
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