Spray Paint Door Panels

Spraying the doors only required pockets of 10 15 minutes at a time and freed up a lot of time to do other things.

Spray paint door panels.

In this video i show you how to paint your door panels useing dupli color vinyl and fabric flat black for the f350 shop truck. Highly recommend going this route if you have a bunch of doors to paint. For doors overlap each successive spray pass by approximately 50. To small and the primer or paint will exit the tip with fingers at each end of the spray fan and to big will deposit a large amount of paint on the doors surface when spraying a steel door i use a 311 or 313 spray tip with exterior acrylic and 310 fine finish or 311 with alkyd finishes.

Switch to a mini roller. Spray techniques for more spraying pointers. Even if you use a roller you can use a brush for the final coat to achieve this look. Using semigloss exterior paint and a 2 inch angled sash brush with synthetic bristles paint around the edges of the panels.

Consider a paint additive to slow down drying and improve leveling. Painting a door is a race against time. I opted to remove the door just easier to paint that way and opted to spray paint since my door has a lot of raised panels to paint around. I needed to start with spray painting the trim before i removed the door.

For metal doors such as a steel storm door work with oil based paint to stave off the formation of rust. If your door is paneled start with the panels. Spray the trim in long even strokes keeping the tip about 12 inches from the surface you re spraying. Wipe it down with a damp rag just before painting.

Visit how to use a paint sprayer. I hope you guys enjoy this vid. For fiberglass doors apply a water based paint as its thinner and less sticky composition. To remove the door wedge a flathead screwdriver or chisel in the joint between the hinge and the top of the hinge pins.

When painting a paneled door begin with the recessed panels then the horizontal rails and. Start with a dust free door. Once the doors were dry it was time to add the new hinges and knobs and rehang the doors. The hardest part was taping and sealing off the trim around the door.

A paintbrush will give you a nice hand painted look. Allow the door to dry completely before reattaching the hardware and rehanging the door if you removed it to paint. Place the door flat on the sawhorses.