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.

Painting wooden french 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. You ll never go wrong starting with a primer. It sticks to pretty much everything and any paint will stick to it. When painting a paneled door begin with the recessed panels then the horizontal rails and.

Make long strokes with the brush and clean any visible lines on the front of the door with a dry cloth. Paint as precisely as you can in long strokes that follow the direction of the wood. Place the door flat on the sawhorses. Add at least two coats of paint to the door using three or more if you want to increase the color saturation.

To get the best results you should prime your french doors before painting them. Applying the paint 1. Apply the primer to the top of the door working toward the bottom. Paint a coat of oil based primer onto the door.

That said i didn t use primer on this particular door. Carefully paint a door with primer and wait for it to dry. Mini foam paint rollers are the perfect size for french doors. After scraping sand the wooden door to smooth the scraped edges.

Dip the brush into the paint then use it to reach spots a paint roller. You apply two coats and the liquid mask dries into a clear stretchy plastic. Consider a paint additive to slow down drying and improve leveling. Pour some paint into a.

Painting the french door. Use an angled brush to paint difficult spots. 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. Use power sanders sparingly high speed sanding can melt paint making it even more difficult to smooth out.

Use sandpaper rather than a scraper on metal doors. 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. Wipe it down with a damp rag just before painting. 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.

Coat a paint roller with paint. Begin by painting the edges with a brush. Paint the doors 1 side at a. To remove the door wedge a flathead screwdriver or chisel in the joint between the hinge and the top of the hinge pins.

Just as with the primer let each side of the door dry before turning it over to work on the other side. Painting a door is a race against time.