This is the original fiberglass door that has been on the house from well before me owning it but probably after it was built in 1986.
Paint peeling off fiberglass door.
Acrylic or latex paint is also resistant to peeling for wood drywall and other surfaces.
It s a fiberglass door with some glass inside of it and around the glass there is a vinyl or plastic sort of material that s holding the glass in there.
The inside is a different paint but does seem a bit harder than the exterior paint.
That could be the issue.
But don t force the paint off.
Paint adheres well to drywall.
Even better they require less maintenance and have fewer problems than steel or wood doors.
After waiting about four to six hours for the first coat to dry add a second coat and allow it to dry for at least a day before the door is used.
Use acrylic paint for metal doors.
Welcome to my experiment on stripping paint off a fiberglass front door.
The type of paint you use is key.
Initially we thought we d have to scrape and sand and do a whole lot of prep work to fix up the trim.
I will be painting the exterior side and the interior side of the door.
Put on a dust mask and sand the entire door using a medium grit sanding block.
However they do need staining or painting every three to five years.
But then we found rust oleum s zinsser peel stop plus high build binding primer with low vocs this water based binding primer is three times thicker than regular primers and locks down and hides peeling weathered surfaces to create a smooth white.
If you only need to paint one or two fiberglass doors.
The paint is peeling off my front door.
I am going to repaint it and need to know the best way to do it.
It is made of metal steel not wood.
However humidity also has a lot to do with it.
If your fiberglass door s stain coat is flaking chipping or peeling off unevenly you ll have to remove the layer before applying a fresh stain coat.
Paint peeling off fiberglass door.
Remove peeling paint from the door using a scraper.
A project brought on by somewhat less than 36 years of baking in the arizona sun.
As long as you get all that old semi gloss paint off the door first and you have a rough surface to apply the new paint you should be fine.
This paint has a 4 week cure wow.
Fiberglass doors are attractive.
And yeah it s peeling off.
The question was about doors or wood.
We took the storm door off when we installed the door and replaced with a plain screen door so that s not the issue.
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It s best to paint inside in an air conditioned area.
After peel stop plus.
Remove only the loose material.
And i had to paint the door and i got some acrylic paint from a paint store.
Coat the door with your paint enamel next.
We did paint both sides.
