gaps in t&g faced garage doors
 

How best to fill them? I Made some garage doors last year and they were
faced with pine t&g floor boards. over summer, gaps of up to 5mm have
appeared which I need to fill and repaint over. I have just tried some
premixed Polly filla and some decorators filler(in a trigger gun) that I
have around, but the pollyfilla goes to hard to quickly and the decorators
filler doesn't give a good finish.

am I best buying and mixing my own filler or is there any better products to
use?

Steve

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How best to fill them? I Made some garage doors last year and they were
faced with pine t&g floor boards. over summer, gaps of up to 5mm have
appeared which I need to fill and repaint over. I have just tried some
premixed Polly filla and some decorators filler(in a trigger gun) that I
have around, but the pollyfilla goes to hard to quickly and the decorators
filler doesn't give a good finish.

Or do it properly - move the boards along so they're snug again, and
paint them before they get damp.

"Rob Morley" wrote in message
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In article ,
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How best to fill them? I Made some garage doors last year and they were
faced with pine t&g floor boards. over summer, gaps of up to 5mm have
appeared which I need to fill and repaint over. I have just tried some
premixed Polly filla and some decorators filler(in a trigger gun) that I
have around, but the pollyfilla goes to hard to quickly and the
decorators
filler doesn't give a good finish.

Or do it properly - move the boards along so they're snug again, and
paint them before they get damp.


Wood is a natural material which can move a bit with the weather. If I was
filling
these gaps I'd use a flexible sealant, such as acrylic frame sealant.

Andy

R.P.McMurphy wrote:

How best to fill them? I Made some garage doors last year and they were
faced with pine t&g floor boards. over summer, gaps of up to 5mm have
appeared which I need to fill and repaint over. I have just tried some
premixed Polly filla and some decorators filler(in a trigger gun) that I
have around, but the pollyfilla goes to hard to quickly and the decorators
filler doesn't give a good finish.

am I best buying and mixing my own filler or is there any better products to
use?

Steve


Don't bother. By the end of winter they will be closed up again

Rob Morley wrote:
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How best to fill them? I Made some garage doors last year and they
were faced with pine t&g floor boards. over summer, gaps of up to
5mm have appeared which I need to fill and repaint over. I have
just tried some premixed Polly filla and some decorators filler(in a
trigger gun) that I have around, but the pollyfilla goes to hard to
quickly and the decorators filler doesn't give a good finish.

Or do it properly - move the boards along so they're snug again, and
paint them before they get damp.

each plank is securly nailed down, so thats not an option.

steve

How best to fill them? I Made some garage doors last year and they were
faced with pine t&g floor boards. over summer, gaps of up to 5mm have
appeared which I need to fill and repaint over. I have just tried some
premixed Polly filla and some decorators filler(in a trigger gun) that I
have around, but the pollyfilla goes to hard to quickly and the decorators
filler doesn't give a good finish.

am I best buying and mixing my own filler or is there any better products to
use?

Steve


get yourself some polysulfide or polyurethane sealent, these sealents
are regularly used in wooden boat building to caulk the seams between
hull planking, they both bond tenaciously and can be over painted, also
they stay quite flexable and should eaisly handle seasonal changes in
the timber.