Paint as precisely as you can in long strokes that follow the direction of the wood.
Painting french doors.
Been painting most our lives living in a french door paradise.
It sticks to pretty much everything and any paint will stick to it.
Luckily there s a much easier way to paint french doors.
A quick tip for painting french doors without scraping taping or splotchy peeling paint.
You apply two coats and the liquid mask dries into a clear stretchy plastic.
Paint the door with at least two coats of exterior satin or semi gloss paint following the same process you did for the primer and being sure to leave the recommended amount of drying time.
You might also be interested on this post on painting exterior doors.
Painting french doors can be such a pain.
Painting french doors is a diy project anyone can accomplish in a weekend.
If the underlying paint is already latex deglossing will help your new paint adhere to the layer underneath.
February 22 2012 at 2 08 pm.
Scraping the paint can be messy.
Taping takes forever and doesn t do a perfect job.
You ll never go wrong starting with a primer.
The best way to paint french doors especially if they have old glossy paint on them is to start with a coat of zinsser bin shellac based primer.
There s so many panes of glass to deal with.
To get the best results you should prime your french doors before painting them.
What a great idea.
Painting the french door.
If your door is painted with oil based paint and you re painting over it with latex you ll have to sand and prime first.
I ve spray painted door knobs door handles hinges etc.
There s actually a product you can buy called liquid mask that you paint on over the glass on your french door or on windows if you have windows to paint.
This trick saves so much time and looks amazing like a factory finish.
This post has me singing a theme song courtesy of coolio.
I think your painted french doors as well as the rest of the doors in your home look fabulous.
That said i didn t use primer on this particular door.
Before painting take the time to prepare the doors by sanding washing and priming them.
Before too such a money saver.