After stripping the metal front door, I would like to either paint or stain the door the color of wood. What product do I purchase to use? Also the doors get weather beaten. The doors face the west side of the home.

I am repainting the living room and the ceiling paint is cracking in some spots. There is also a spot where the paint is bubbling up. I took a scraper and started to scrape off the paint and the paint keeps peeling off as if it isn’t stuck to the