Who here has a black front door? Fading.

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Story: All four of my exterior doors need to be repainted. They're currently a bright red. Due to the way our house faces and the doors are situated, it looks better if they're all the same color. I don't mind the red but want something different. H and I are both thinking a glossy black.

So if you have a black door, how bad has the sun faded it? Two of the doors face straight south and it worries me a bit. It's faded the red, but not too too bad. I'm having a pro painter in the area come and do it along with a couple other things, so I don't want it to be faded in a year.

I am also open to other color suggestions. Problem is because we live on a farm there's lots of outbuildings to coordinate with that are red and white as well. It really limits my color selection otherwise I'd pick something bold and me since our house is just white and gray. But a lot clashes due to all the buildings.

[sierramist03]

Our red door is south facing and it was fading. It repainted last year and I already tell its starting to fade. So I don't think it necessarily color specific

[peach]

I painted all my exterior doors black last year, no fading yet. And in our first house, I painted them black as well and I drive by all the time and they still look beautiful; the new owners have never painted them and it's been 8 years.

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Thanks girls! Good to know. My red has done well. I used a high quality industrial metal machinery paint on them and it's held up beautifully. I'll think I'll grab the same in black.

[peach]

Yup I used some weird paint for mine too - It was something with Rust in the name, but not rustoleum...

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Apr 28, 2013 19:15:55 GMT -5 peach said:

Yup I used some weird paint for mine too - It was something with Rust in the name, but not rustoleum...

I know you're in Canada but the stuff I used was called Rust Stop or something like that. It's really common out here in Little House on the Prairie Farm Country. I figured if it was good enough for the barnyard it was probably good enough for my house doors..ha!

[peach]

Yup I think that was it.

[peach]

And uh...I live in Little Town On The Prairie....except there's forest. I went to a barn raising yesterday and my daughter ran around chasing after baby lambs and chickens:) LOL