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.
Spray paint for door panels.
Always begin the paint spray off the door and then move onto it in even sweeping motions.
A heavy coat of paint covers better and sometimes levels out better but runs are more likely and brush marks are deeper.
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.
If your door is paneled start with the panels.
When painting edges some paint inevitably slops onto the faces of the door.
Spray paint project steps.
Use painter s tape to completely tape off any area that you do not want painted.
Cover hinges with painter s tape if you want to keep them free of paint.
It s better to have that happen before the faces are painted.
Paint a section at a time.
Use the correct spray tip the spray tip size is very important when using an airless paint sprayer.
Spraying the doors only required pockets of 10 15 minutes at a time and freed up a lot of time to do other things.
Begin by applying paint to the inside of the top panels.
I painted one coat of primer and two top coats.
Paint all four edges of the door first.
Once the doors were dry it was time to add the new hinges and knobs and rehang the doors.
We offer sem interior paint for plastic vinyl and fabric carpet also.
Set up a spray area by covering work area with a drop cloth.
Each coat took me 5 minutes for all four doors.
Brush on a light coat.
Using a screwdriver remove door from hinges and hardware from door.
Car interior spray paint can be used on most any surface type inside your car.
Highly recommend going this route if you have a bunch of doors to paint.
Make sure it is a well ventilated area.
An advantage of painting attached doors is that you don t have to wait for one side to dry before painting the other.
The flexio 5000 came with a practice sheet which helped me get the hang of the sweeping motion very quickly.
The hardest part was taping and sealing off the trim around the door.
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.
I needed to start with spray painting the trim before i removed the door.
When painting a panel door a paint brush may be more effective than a roller.
