Spray Paint Door Panels

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Spray paint door panels.

If your door is paneled start with the panels. Wipe it down with a damp rag just before painting. Highly recommend going this route if you have a bunch of doors to paint. I needed to start with spray painting the trim before i removed the door.

For doors overlap each successive spray pass by approximately 50. Switch to a mini roller. For fiberglass doors apply a water based paint as its thinner and less sticky composition. 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.

Consider a paint additive to slow down drying and improve leveling. 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 small and the primer or paint will exit the tip with fingers at each end of the spray fan and to big will deposit a large amount of paint on the doors surface when spraying a steel door i use a 311 or 313 spray tip with exterior acrylic and 310 fine finish or 311 with alkyd finishes. Begin by painting the edges with a brush.

Spray techniques for more spraying pointers. I hope you guys enjoy this vid. A paintbrush will give you a nice hand painted look. Once the doors were dry it was time to add the new hinges and knobs and rehang the doors.

Spray the trim in long even strokes keeping the tip about 12 inches from the surface you re spraying. Place the door flat on the sawhorses. Using semigloss exterior paint and a 2 inch angled sash brush with synthetic bristles paint around the edges of the panels. The hardest part was taping and sealing off the trim around the door.

Even if you use a roller you can use a brush for the final coat to achieve this look. You can use a low nap or foam roller or a paintbrush for this. Allow the door to dry completely before reattaching the hardware and rehanging the door if you removed it to paint. Start with a dust free door.

Painting a door is a race against time. To remove the door wedge a flathead screwdriver or chisel in the joint between the hinge and the top of the hinge pins. When painting a paneled door begin with the recessed panels then the horizontal rails and.