It sticks to pretty much everything and any paint will stick to it.
Painting french doors tips.
I never remove doors for painting.
Use up and down motions for the vertical pieces and back and forth motions for the horizontal.
You can use a paint guard at the bottom to avoid getting paint on the floor.
You ll never go wrong starting with a primer.
Pour some paint into a.
Painting the french door.
Applying the paint 1.
Dip the brush into the paint then use it to reach spots a paint roller.
Mini foam paint rollers are the perfect size for french doors.
If your door is painted with oil based paint and you re painting over it with latex you ll have to sand and prime.
Carefully paint a door with primer and wait for it to dry.
Once your deglosser has done its job use a foam roller to.
You then paint your door just like i did and remove the liquid mask by tracing around your panes of glass with a utility knife.
The trick is to leave the door open while painting.
To get the best results you should prime your french doors before painting them.
That said i didn t use primer on this particular door.
How to paint french doors 1.
Every time i pulled the doors outside to paint it started raining.
Since the closet was functional without the doors i didn t even try to paint on days there was even a 10 chance of rain.
Use an angled brush to paint difficult spots.
It depends on the the door.
Ok not really but we might as well have.
Paint as precisely as you can in long strokes that follow the direction of the wood.
Should you paint a door with a brush or a roller.
We actually started pulling the doors out instead of turning the sprinklers on for the grass.
You apply two coats and the liquid mask dries into a clear stretchy plastic.
For my french doors i used a brush only because the flat parts of the door were so small.
There s actually a product you can buy called liquid mask that you paint on over the glass on your french door or on windows if you have windows to paint.
Next tape off any doorknobs hinges or hardware with painter s tape or remove them.