Painting French Doors

Luckily there s a much easier way to paint french doors.

Painting french doors.

I ve spray painted door knobs door handles hinges etc. There s so many panes of glass to deal with. Painting french doors is a diy project anyone can accomplish in a weekend. After the paint dries your french doors can become a bright and vibrant part of your home.

February 22 2012 at 2 08 pm. You apply two coats and the liquid mask dries into a clear stretchy plastic. You ll never go wrong starting with a primer. If your door is painted with oil based paint and you re painting over it with latex you ll have to sand and prime first.

You might also be interested on this post on painting exterior doors. Scraping the paint can be messy. A paint brush and paint roller are all you need to apply a perfect coat of paint. I think your painted french doors as well as the rest of the doors in your home look fabulous.

Been painting most our lives living in a french door paradise. That said i didn t use primer on this particular door. This trick saves so much time and looks amazing like a factory finish. Painting french doors can be such a pain.

Carefully paint a door with primer and wait for it to dry. What a great idea. Before too such a money saver. A quick tip for painting french doors without scraping taping or splotchy peeling paint.

It sticks to pretty much everything and any paint will stick to it. Taping takes forever and doesn t do a perfect job. Paint as precisely as you can in long strokes that follow the direction of the wood. If the underlying paint is already latex deglossing will help your new paint adhere to the layer underneath.

To get the best results you should prime your french doors before painting them. Before painting take the time to prepare the doors by sanding washing and priming them. This post has me singing a theme song courtesy of coolio. 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.