Hello all! Well today I had my first DIY “fail”. I had a painted white fiberglass door that I wanted to gel stain to make look like wood. I got a wood grain tool and three different shades of gel stain. First I applied a thin layer on the darkest color of stain and used the wood grain tool (first pic below). After that dried I brushed on the final layer of stain (second pic). It started out ok but turned out way too dark for me in the end - so I took some laquer thinner to it in attempt to light up some of the darker spots (third pic). Now I’m debating about what I can do to fix this. I wondered if I could get some regular wood stain in a lighter color to apply over everything? So it would fill in the white spots and go over the dark? Maybe paint mixed with water over it? I wish I would have painted the door before staining to begin with - I think it went on too dark because I was trying to cover white spots. If I have to I’ll strip the whole thing or paint white over it again ( if that’s possible). I’m just trying to salvage what I have if I can. Here are good example of what I was going for (not the color): [URL]https://www.pinterest.com/pin/528891549983346153/[/URL] [URL]http://​​​​​​​https://www.pinterest.com/pin/80079699597984748/[/URL]

Hi Everyone, I have one question. We recently noticed that paint started peeling off from one of the corner (family room) where exterior wall, roof and internal wall meets. We don't see this issue any where else in the house. We are not sure what could be the cause of this issue. While doing my research I came across different reasons - ranging from water leakage to moisture to humidity to dust on wall or bad paint etc. I appreciate if any one can take look at below pictures and provide their inputs. Thanks in advance for your help.