Spray Paint Door Panels

Cover hinges with painter s tape if you want to keep them free of paint.

Spray paint door panels.

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. 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. For doors overlap each successive spray pass by approximately 50. In either case set aside time perhaps a weekend to select a color purchase supplies and complete the task.

If your project involves painting the room s interior walls it is recommended to paint trim first. I hope you guys enjoy this vid. When painting edges some paint inevitably slops onto the faces of the door. Your doors need to be properly prepared for spray painting it isn t just a case of slapping a quick coat of paint on.

To do this you ll need to connect each pair of doors at their top edge using free stir sticks from the paint store or any piece of scrap wood that s long enough. Visit how to use a paint sprayer. The hardest part was taping and sealing off the trim around the door. Paint all four edges of the door first.

I painted the baseboards door trim and all 7 doors doors the same semi gloss bright white from valspar signature. 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. It s better to have that happen before the faces are painted. However occasionally you may be ready for an entirely new look.

A heavy coat of paint covers better and sometimes levels out better but runs are more likely and brush marks are deeper. Spray the trim in long even strokes keeping the tip about 12 inches from the surface you re spraying. Painted doors are prone to chipping over time and can require touch ups. The fastest and easiest way to spray paint interior doors is to spray them standing in pairs vertically so both sides can be sprayed.

When painting a panel door a paint brush may be more effective than a roller. Brush on a light coat. Begin by applying paint to the inside of the top panels. An advantage of painting attached doors is that you don t have to wait for one side to dry before painting the other.

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.