GRP is an amazing and unique material. It is perfect for making garage doors as it has the qualities of durability, strength, quality finish and fine detailing.
Here are a few features of GRP garage doors:
- Translucency of panels:
GRP is basically translucent material. Therefore, light is seen through a GRP panel very strongly.
This is not because it is too thin, which is a wrong assumption. The GRP door can replicate different finishes like high gloss or wood grain. This is because the gel coat on the face of the door is able to replicate the specific pattern contained in the door mould. Gel coating has to be of a specific thickness to be a strong and useful coating on the surface of the door. If the gel coat is too thick, it becomes too brittle and prone to cracking rather than deflecting or bending. Hence, any single skin GRP shows the strong passage of light via unbraced regions of the panel.
- Colour matching:
Usually GRP doors are finished by hand. GRP doors with timber effect are provided a surface coating to change the door’s base colour and accentuate the grain pattern of the door. It is unlikely that any two hand finished looks will ever be the same. Also, matching colour with sample colour will never be exact and will only be a close approximation.
- Painting:
If you feel like changing the colour of your GRP door after passage of time, then you can definitely repaint the door. Both wood grain and glossy finishes can be completed this way. But in original wood grain doors, you will loose the staining effect. Suitable GRP topcoats and primers are required to paint GRP doors. If you wish to apply paint on a wood grain door, you will have to remove all staining effects by wiping the door with acetone. Garage door maintenance in Santa Ana vouches for this fact.
- Damage to panels:
GRP doors are possibly the best doors to be capable of repairing. Scratches, scrapes, holes, chips or gauges can be easily repaired. Damage to garage doors of any other material like timber or steel causes permanent disfigurement. A good GRP door has already undergone tough tests of endurance in the factory and so cannot be easily damaged. You need to consult the best garage door maintenance service available in your area to make the necessary changes.
These are some of the features of GRP garage doors that make them popular with house owners.
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