How To Paint A 6 Panel Door

Hi my name is wayne de wet this is how i paint 6 panel doors with dulux trade trade oil based pure brilliant white satinwood.

How to paint a 6 panel door - Work left to right and down from the top of the door. Paint the rails or the horizontal portions of the door. Dip a paintbrush into the primer to coat it thoroughly and tap the brush on the can to remove any excess. Having completed the outside of the door paint the inside of the door in a similar manner.

Use smooth strokes in the direction of the grain and feather the paint where it meets. 6 panel door sometimes the new paint cracks along the joint of two door parts the flush butt joint on the flat part of door. Make sure to use interior primer for your interior door. Your primer should be a similar shade to the final paint color.

Now when i paint a. Paint the door with an oil based primer. Allow the paint brush to turn the edge of the door and lightly cover the edge of the door. The old paint is thick and ugly so i am stripping it all off all the way to bare wood.

Paint the counters of the door with primer first and then use a roller for the flat surfaces. New do you want to improve your career as a painter or painting contractor. Brush out the paint overlapping from the horizontal rails. Paint the second face.

I think this happens because the. 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. Paint the primer onto the outside and inside edges of the door first using long smooth. What you need 1.

Let the primer dry before painting.