Painting Wooden French Door

Use power sanders sparingly high speed sanding can melt paint making it even more difficult to smooth out.

Painting wooden french door.

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 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. Just as with the primer let each side of the door dry before turning it over to work on the other side. The fastest way to remove paint buildup on a wooden door is with a sharp stainless steel or carbide scraper.

Wipe it down with a damp rag just before painting. 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. Use an angled brush to paint difficult spots. Consider a paint additive to slow down drying and improve leveling.

For a door made of pine white fir or another wood species that doesn t bleed i e gives off tinted compounds in wood called tannins go with a water based exterior paint such as behr premium. Apply the primer to the top of the door working toward the bottom. Place the door flat on the sawhorses. You apply two coats and the liquid mask dries into a clear stretchy plastic.

You ll never go wrong starting with a primer. Painting a door is a race against time. Make long strokes with the brush and clean any visible lines on the front of the door with a dry cloth. After scraping sand the wooden door to smooth the scraped edges.

To get the best results you should prime your french doors before painting them. Paint as precisely as you can in long strokes that follow the direction of the wood. Applying the paint 1. Dip the brush into the paint then use it to reach spots a paint roller.

You have to lay down the paint and smooth it out before it becomes too sticky to work with or so stiff that brush marks won t level out and disappear. To remove the door wedge a flathead screwdriver or chisel in the joint between the hinge and the top of the hinge pins. Carefully paint a door with primer and wait for it to dry. That said i didn t use primer on this particular door.

Start with a dust free door. When painting a paneled door begin with the recessed panels then the horizontal rails and. Painting the french door. Paint any decorative molding first then paint the interior of the panels.

It sticks to pretty much everything and any paint will stick to it. Add at least two coats of paint to the door using three or more if you want to increase the color saturation. Mini foam paint rollers are the perfect size for french doors. Pour some paint into a.

Paint a coat of oil based primer onto the door. Begin by painting the edges with a brush.