Choose whether you need to prime the door before painting.
Spray painting six panel doors.
But add in the drying time and it s a full day project.
In the process of painting all those doors i ve developed this easy method for how to paint a door without brush marks or streaks.
Spraying the doors only required pockets of 10 15 minutes at a time and freed up a lot of time to do other things.
Be on the lookout for drips or puddles of paint.
If that s the case brush them you can make those door look beautiful painting them with a broom im kidding but you get my point their are some good videos on you tube of painters brushing out 6 panel doors if they are real wood 6 panel doors it does take a skill to make them look beautiful.
For a standard 6 panel door this is the order to go in.
If it was painted with oil based paint prime before using a latex based paint.
Hi i am painting my bathroom trim and 6 panel.
Start by painting the edges of the door with either the brush or roller.
How to spray doors.
Are they the composite 6 panel doors that have an embossed wood grain on them.
Painting tips and techniques spraying doors are shown and expl.
If the door was originally painted with latex paint priming should be unnecessary.
Next paint the door panels.
When you are done let the doors dry for 2 hours before flipping to paint the other side.
I like to use a 1 1 2 brush to paint the recessed molding areas followed by a 4 roller for the flat surfaces in the middle.
Roll brush 2 coats of paint.
Includes planning equipment and material acquisition area preparation and protection setup and cleanup.
Prep up to 1 hr per door remove mask hardware scrape and sand spot prime.
Let your door dry 30 minutes 1 hour then follow up with a second coat of paint.
Using a paint sprayer or airless sprayer for painting interior wood doors.
Door painting labor basic basic labor to paint door with favorable site conditions.
It would have taken me probably 5 6 straight work hours to paint all 7 doors by hand.
When painting wood doors make sure all six sides of your door are covered to protect it from rotting cracking and expansion.
So if you re painting a door you can t live without like a bathroom or exterior door start first thing in the morning so it can be back in service by day s end.
Painting a door typically takes three to five hours depending on the condition of the door and how fussy you are.