Tool Painting French Door

Brush on a light coat.

Tool painting french door.

To remove the door wedge a flathead screwdriver or chisel in the joint between the hinge and the top of the hinge pins. Rollers lay on paint much faster than a brush giving you a few more precious minutes to work the paint before it begins to stiffen. 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. That said i didn t use primer on this particular door.

Place the door flat on the sawhorses. For specific information on shipping and pricing please visit our shipping page. It sticks to pretty much everything and any paint will stick to it. Each plate is securely screwed into the center of either end of a door with a 8 x 1 1 4 inch phillips wafer head screw included with purchase prior to paint or stain application.

There s actually a product you can buy called liquid mask that you paint on over the glass on your french door or on windows if you have windows to paint. A primer and paint is sufficient if any of the following scenarios apply. Speed s painting tools offers paint tools designed and manufactured by painters and our team is here to help. I committed to adding more color to my life in 2013 and i started by painting the french doors that lead to our living room space.

Spread the sawhorses apart just enough so that the door doesn t touch either side but rests entirely on the bolts. Speed painting tools 1 pair door decker. Original creaters of the door decker finishing system mr. Speed s painting tools is proud to sell door painting systems worldwide with some help from our friends over at the paint shack.

Painting the french door. You ll never go wrong starting with a primer. A heavy coat of paint covers better and sometimes levels out better but runs are more likely and brush marks are deeper. You re painting a bare front door for the first time.

You can add a fresh dose of color to your home with just a few hours of work. Once you ve taken the door off its hinges lay it across two sawhorses or on a large flat surface. Lag screws 1 1 2 in. You then paint your door just like i did and remove the liquid mask by tracing around your panes of glass with a utility knife.

And you can still paint both sides in a day if you rest the door on lag screws. When painting a paneled door begin with the recessed panels then the horizontal rails and. Begin by prepping the door for painting. Roll on the paint where you can.

You apply two coats and the liquid mask dries into a clear stretchy plastic. You re repainting a previously painted door in the same paint color. Painting a glass paned door isn t as difficult as you might think. Begin by painting the edges with a brush.