Wooden garage door refinish

[GS]

Please see the attached photos. I have a belt sander to take care of the rails, stiles, and flat panels.  I will be removing spar urethane over stain. The whole door is hemlock wood. The doors were installed in '92. My question is, will the LS130 , used with the special " make you own profile" pad, work in this application? $340.00 plus pad , plus paper adds up. I will most likely sell the LS 130 after this job. PLEASE answer if you have done anything like this, or have done profile sanding contours on kitchen cabinets with the LS 130, because it would be about the same. Thanks. email me dircetly if you want at   gras53@earthlink.net

 

[robtonya]

I wonder if something like SOY-Gel would be better use on this than a sander. I have not used it before, so my opinion will have to stop there.

 

[Chas]

I feel your pain. My door was 7' x 16 ft. I didn;t have that extra little Gem to the side. I used a dremel profile sander. I think it was 80 bucks. I didn't have to worry about selling it cause it was all but done with when I was done.

It took 2 weeks to do the whole thing. I used a pant stripper on it to start and I never did get all the stain out of the wood. So, I restained it and poly'd it. After completing it, I really felt I should have just replaced it with a fiberglass wood look alike. It was a ridiculous amount of work.

 

[Jesus Aleman]

I have to refinish the garage door and fence.  The profiles on the door are similar to yours.  I was thinking rotex and deltex.

JGA.

 

[JEP]

Have you considered a Fein multimaster?  It has different profiles to sand difficult areas.  Mine has been extremely valuable to me in situations like this. 

Your choice of sandpaper will make or break this project.  Make sure to get a good quality abrasive that resists loading, otherwise you'll load up a sheet/belt in a hurry.  The gum rubber blocks for cleaning a sanding belt work well.

Joe