Been painting most our lives living in a french door paradise.
Painting french doors.
You apply two coats and the liquid mask dries into a clear stretchy plastic.
If the underlying paint is already latex deglossing will help your new paint adhere to the layer underneath.
Carefully paint a door with primer and wait for it to dry.
Before too such a money saver.
You ll never go wrong starting with a primer.
Before painting take the time to prepare the doors by sanding washing and priming them.
To get the best results you should prime your french doors before painting them.
Painting french doors can be such a pain.
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 post has me singing a theme song courtesy of coolio.
Luckily there s a much easier way to paint french doors.
A paint brush and paint roller are all you need to apply a perfect coat of paint.
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.
Painting french doors is a diy project anyone can accomplish in a weekend.
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.
Taping takes forever and doesn t do a perfect job.
After the paint dries your french doors can become a bright and vibrant part of your home.
Scraping the paint can be messy.
I think your painted french doors as well as the rest of the doors in your home look fabulous.
You might also be interested on this post on painting exterior doors.
This trick saves so much time and looks amazing like a factory finish.
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.
It sticks to pretty much everything and any paint will stick to it.
What a great idea.
I ve spray painted door knobs door handles hinges etc.
February 22 2012 at 2 08 pm.
A quick tip for painting french doors without scraping taping or splotchy peeling paint.
Painting the french door.