Skip taping and paint mutins panels with an artist s brush.
Painting french doors black.
Crisp colours like black work best with white off white and grey including brighter more dramatic colours see below.
That said i didn t use primer on this particular door.
We got lucky and didn t need a primer.
How to paint an interior door black.
Determine if you need to prime the door first.
It sticks to pretty much everything and any paint will stick to it.
Here is how i painted the doors.
The best way to paint french doors especially if they have old glossy paint on them is to start with a coat of zinsser bin shellac based primer.
Clean and wipe down doors.
Either works but if you do tape it you ll eventually have to open the doors to paint the inner edges.
Painting the french door.
If you have hallways with pink beige carpet your doors need to be brown not black.
Clean the door and remove any dust.
And don t get stuck on black doors.
Roll on black enamel paint on larger surfaces.
Paint where you can with a wooster brush.
You can either remove the door or tape it off which is what we did.