How to paint a stained door.
Painting pine doors.
Choose whether you need to prime the door before painting.
Note that it is perfectly ok to use your roller across.
Paint all four edges of the door first.
If your home was built before 1979 check the paint for lead before you scrape or sand.
If the door was originally painted with latex paint priming should be unnecessary.
It s better to have that happen before the faces are painted.
Many people have success painting doors using just a brush but i like to use a combination of a brush and a small roller because it gets the job done faster and results in a much smoother finish.
If it was painted with oil based paint prime before using a latex based paint.
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Paint a raised panel door with a brush and paint with the natural grain of the wood.
Roll on a second coat of primer.
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Great tips for painting doors.
After painting the door itself paint the doorjamb and casing beginning at the doorstop and working out.
This time to stop the bleeding i have drilled holes in the knots then sealed them with knot sealer b i n paint sealer i then fill the holes with wood filler sand down then paint all the door with the b i n paint then undercoat gloss.
When painting wood doors make sure all six sides of your door are covered to protect it from rotting cracking and expansion.
You may wish to paint over a stained door because it has become weathered and unsightly or you may want to paint over stained wood doors to change the look of the door.
When painting edges some paint inevitably slops onto the faces of the door.
Moreover the water in the paint will raise the grain.
Rather than simply painting the door from top to the bottom you can get the best paint job by painting paneled doors in a certain order.
Painting around the panels is time consuming making it difficult to keep a wet edge.
There is a technique to painting over.
Brush on a light coat.
A heavy coat of paint covers better and sometimes levels out better but runs are more likely and brush marks are deeper.
Using a high density mini foam paint roller start by painting the middle section with the grain of the wood not against it up and down in a vertical fashion and then paint the horizontal sections of the door from left to right.
Let it dry overnight sand again with 220 grit sandpaper then use a new foam roller to apply the paint.