When painting a panel door a paint brush may be more effective than a roller.
Spray paint door panels.
To get a nice flat professional finish your doors need to be cleaned and degreased this is especially important with wooden doors as they are a natural product over time the wood can absorb cooking grease and fats into the grain so.
Visit how to use a paint sprayer.
Cover hinges with painter s tape if you want to keep them free of paint.
Painted doors are prone to chipping over time and can require touch ups.
While i brushed on the paint for the trim this time around we decided to try spraying all the doors with a paint sprayer we re long time fans of the wagner flexio 590 instead of hand painting them.
A heavy coat of paint covers better and sometimes levels out better but runs are more likely and brush marks are deeper.
However occasionally you may be ready for an entirely new look.
Spray techniques for more spraying.
An advantage of painting attached doors is that you don t have to wait for one side to dry before painting the other.
Setting up doors for spray painting.
It s better to have that happen before the faces are painted.
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Spray the trim in long even strokes keeping the tip about 12 inches from the surface you re spraying.
I painted the baseboards door trim and all 7 doors doors the same semi gloss bright white from valspar signature.
If your project involves painting the room s interior walls it is recommended to paint trim first.
When painting edges some paint inevitably slops onto the faces of the door.
For doors overlap each successive spray pass by approximately 50.
Your doors need to be properly prepared for spray painting it isn t just a case of slapping a quick coat of paint on.
The hardest part was taping and sealing off the trim around the door.
I opted to remove the door just easier to paint that way and opted to spray paint since my door has a lot of raised panels to paint around.
Brush on a light coat.
In either case set aside time perhaps a weekend to select a color purchase supplies and complete the task.
Paint all four edges of the door first.
In this video i show you how to paint your door panels useing dupli color vinyl and fabric flat black for the f350 shop truck.
The fastest and easiest way to spray paint interior doors is to spray them standing in pairs vertically so both sides can be sprayed.