Badly Faded Red Composite Door

Grantanow is quite right; red pigment in paint fades much quicker than any other, they're sensitive to light, heat, and oxygen, which can cause the pigment to break down and discolour. Red pigments absorb more light than other colours. Red cars, red doors and red fabrics fade much quicker, especially if exposed to bright sunlight. If your door is south facing, the problem is exacerbated. Respraying is an option.

Grantanow

I read somewhere that red cars fade more quickly than other colours.

You may be right on that one - ie re red being worse.

With mine being light grey = maybe no-one else will notice if the door "lets me down" over time. Still shocking to think colours on these fade and the firms don't say a word about that - especially as one of the reasons we get these doors in the first place is we don't intend to spend time or money on "maintenance" of them. Otherwise we might all just as well have "last style back" (ie upvc). My upvc one I swopped to on last house still looked very much the same when I sold that house years later and I basically only swopped the upvc one on current house because it was "old woman style" and not my own more modern tastes (errrm....though some would think "But you're in your 70's.....so...."). Errrrm.....coming from a city that's described as "6 months behind London" = I don't do "old woman style" LOL....

I read somewhere that red cars fade more quickly than other colours.

Oh - whoops! I hadn't realised they do that! One doesn't expect that sort of change from a upvc door and these are what is deemed to be their replacement.

Hmmm....as I recently had my upvc front door swopped for a composite door.

Have already decided that, if that happens to mine, then I'll follow the "show them up" route of dealing with it - ie do nothing and let the world see what happens to composite doors. Just as well I chose a light grey colour for mine and didn't pay extra to have the indoor side in a colour (so it's just the basic white on the internal side - which I presume doesn't fade).

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Auntieflo

We used Owatrol on our dark blue composite door, last year. Easy to apply and good results.

thisisnotme mentioned the same above. So maybe I should give it a go.

We used Owatrol on our dark blue composite door, last year. Easy to apply and good results.

tanith

It is expensive over £200 but still cheaper than a new door I suppose. If you are renting you wouldn’t want to be spending a heap of money.

Thank you .... Yes it is certainly more cheaper than a new door.

It is expensive over £200 but still cheaper than a new door I suppose. If you are renting you wouldn’t want to be spending a heap of money.

tanith

You can have it resprayed even change the colour, it only takes a couple of hours. A family member does this and the doors come up like new.

Do you have any idea of the cost for this please?

thisisnotme

You need Polytrol colour restorer - it reactivates the colour on surfaces including composite doors. But doesn’t work on white doors.

It’s made by Owatrol and you can buy either online or from large DIY stores

I have been looking at that & some similar to this on Amazon. But then I read some of the reviews ....... Had a faded red composite door. Did lots research and read lots of reviews all saying it would restore. But it didn’t all it did was add a shine so back to drawing board now.

aggie

How old is it ? Can you ask the supplier for a solution ?

I am not actually sure how old it is as I rent the property but I have lived here over 5 years. I will have to ask.

You can have it resprayed even change the colour, it only takes a couple of hours. A family member does this and the doors come up like new.

You need Polytrol colour restorer - it reactivates the colour on surfaces including composite doors. But doesn’t work on white doors.

It’s made by Owatrol and you can buy either online or from large DIY stores

My composite has faded also, I've asked the window cleaner to stop using the brush thing on it, also at my local DIY store they sell the paint for composite doors to restore them, which I intend to do if and when summer ever reaches us !

How old is it ? Can you ask the supplier for a solution ?