Place the door flat on the sawhorses.
Painting wood panel doors.
Paint the second face.
A smooth professional looking paint job can be achievable on wood if you follow the.
Allow the primer to dry a full 24 hours before painting over it.
To remove the door wedge a flathead screwdriver or chisel in the joint between the hinge and the top of the hinge pins.
Painting a door is a race against time.
Start by rolling the paint on in an up and down direction.
Start with a dust free door.
Painting around the panels is time consuming making it difficult to keep a wet edge.
Bi fold doors i happened to find these bi fold doors at our local restore for 10 that were the perfect size screwdriver.
Apply a thin coat of primer with a roller.
You have to lay down the paint and smooth it out before it becomes too sticky to work with or so stiff that brush marks won t level out and disappear.
A video showing process of painting an interior door.
While painting over wood paneling takes a bit of extra preparation the end result looks clean and crisp.
Using a small roller to paint doors can greatly speed the process.
Doing it in this order enables you to get a coat on the whole panel door in one sitting so you only have to have 2 3 painting sessions rather than 4 6 if you were doing one side at a time and waiting for it to dry in between.
Acrylic paint a few different shades of brown to get the wood effect and black for the glaze at the end chip brush i used the same one for all of the colors glazing medium.
Next paint the horizontal cross pieces in.
Consider a paint additive to slow down drying and improve leveling.
When painting for wood paneling choose either a stain blocking latex primer or an oil based primer.
Wipe it down with a damp rag just before painting.
Instructions for how to paint doors the professional way.
Begin by painting the edges with a brush.
Simply painting the trim involves much less work than tearing it out and replacing the room with drywall plus we love the textured look of painted paneling.
Whether your new six panel doors are made from wood or metal they require some preparation before painting.
Begin by rolling paint on the flat panels.
Paint a raised panel door with a brush and paint with the natural grain of the wood.