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.
Painting upvc french doors.
After the paint dries your french doors can become a bright and vibrant part of your home.
Painting french doors is a diy project anyone can accomplish in a weekend.
And because it dries so quickly you can do the whole thing in a day.
You ll never go wrong starting with a primer.
Two coats of frenchic dusky blush al fresco paint on a upvc door.
You then paint your door just like i did and remove the liquid mask by tracing around your panes of glass with a utility knife.
Zinsser allcoat exterior is an ideal product for painting over upvc.
I was going to be brave and paint our white upvc door black.
It comes as a water based and solvent based product with matt gloss and satin finishes.
It is also re coatable in one hour promises excellent colour retention and resistance from cracking blistering and flaking.
Painting the french door.
Before painting take the time to prepare the doors by sanding washing and priming them.
It takes a few coats but gives a such a great finish.
It sticks to pretty much everything and any paint will stick to it.
The old french doors that were previously in this space were binned but not all of it.
A paint brush and paint roller are all you need to apply a perfect coat of paint.
That said i didn t use primer on this particular door.
No we saved the two vertical window panes flipped them 90 degrees and have re used them in our new garden workshop.
Three coats of frenchic dusky blush al fresco paint on a upvc door.