If the door has a.
Painting six panel interior doors with roller.
Work quickly by rolling on the paint then use a brush to smooth out the paint and fill in the detailed areas around the flat panel.
It s essential to choose the right pile depth for the surface you re painting.
For a standard 6 panel door this is the order to go in.
Semi smooth for drywall.
Sherwin williams offers six pile depths to meet almost any painting project.
Paint the interior panels first as shown in the graphic below.
Pile depth refers to the thickness of the roller cover s fiber nap.
Smooth out the paint working with the grain.
Be sure to roll in line with the wood grain pattern.
Semi rough for rough wood.
Use a small 4 inch.
Starting with the first section paint the detailed parts of the top two panels with your 2 tapered paint brush.
Cover hinges with painter s tape if you want to keep them free of paint.
Do the same thing for the middle and bottom sections.
Cover door hardware pieces with plastic and or painter s tape to prevent primer and paint from getting on them.
When painting a panel door a paint brush may be more effective than a roller.
Begin by applying paint to the inside of the top panels.
A standard 9 inch roller works best on flat doors with no panels.
Start by painting the edges of the door with either the brush or roller.
Begin by rolling paint on the flat panels.
The basic technique for painting a flat door is long smooth brush strokes or vertical roller strokes.
But interior doors are often paneled and should be painted in the following order.
Rollers come in various sizes.
Dipping brush you ll want to brush evenly all of the indented moldings of the individual panels letting dry properly.
After moldings have dried pick up that 6 winnie roller with say a 1 2 nap rolling out all flat areas on the door surface letting this dry properly as well.
Then go back with your roller and roll the flat faces around the detail.
Rather than simply painting the door from top to the bottom you can get the best paint job by painting paneled doors in a certain order.
Very smooth for metal doors and plaster.