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Painting pine panel doors.
When painting a panel door a paint brush may be more effective than a roller.
Painting a door is a race against time.
Have the home center or paint store tint the primer to a grayish color to help cover the underlying varnish.
The louver primed doors are constructed with a solid pine core that provides a much quieter environment than hollow core doors.
Then go back with your roller and roll the flat faces around the detail.
Choose a green with an undertone like your paneling usually warm yellow and you can ramp up all that outdoor freshness.
Using a high density mini foam paint roller start by painting the middle section with the grain of the wood not against it up and down in a vertical fashion and then paint the horizontal sections of the door from left to right.
Start by painting the edges of the door with either the brush or roller.
Wipe off the dust with a brush.
Then roll on a coat of bin or kilz available at home centers for about 8 per quart.
Start with a dust free door.
But it only works when the undertones are right.
Starting with the first section paint the detailed parts of the top two panels with your 2 tapered paint brush.
Consider a paint additive to slow down drying and improve leveling.
Begin by applying paint to the inside of the top panels.
Wipe it down with a damp rag just before painting.
Our unique integral panel design will not shrink or split and there is no possibility of stile and rail separation.
Be sure to roll in line with the wood grain pattern.
It also helps the finish paint cover with fewer coats.
Rather than simply painting the door from top to the bottom you can get the best paint job by painting paneled doors in a certain order.
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Smooth out the paint working with the grain.
Painting the rest of the door the next step is to basically paint the rest of the door.
The basic technique for painting a flat door is long smooth brush strokes or vertical roller strokes.
But interior doors are often paneled and should be painted in the following order.
Pine then what you are really going to need to do to get the best finish is to apply one coat of primer one coat of undercoat or indeed one coat of a combined primer and undercoat and then your top coat.
For a standard 6 panel door this is the order to go in.
Coat the recessed areas first and then the faces of the panels.