Switch to a mini roller.
Spray paint door panels.
A paintbrush will give you a nice hand painted look.
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.
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.
The hardest part was taping and sealing off the trim around the door.
Consider a paint additive to slow down drying and improve leveling.
Wipe it down with a damp rag just before painting.
For doors overlap each successive spray pass by approximately 50.
Spraying the doors only required pockets of 10 15 minutes at a time and freed up a lot of time to do other things.
Place the door flat on the sawhorses.
For metal doors such as a steel storm door work with oil based paint to stave off the formation of rust.
To remove the door wedge a flathead screwdriver or chisel in the joint between the hinge and the top of the hinge pins.
I hope you guys enjoy this vid.
You can use a low nap or foam roller or a paintbrush for this.
Highly recommend going this route if you have a bunch of doors to paint.
Once the doors were dry it was time to add the new hinges and knobs and rehang the doors.
You have to lay down the paint and smooth it out before it becomes too sticky to work with or so stiff that brush marks won t level out and disappear.
Using semigloss exterior paint and a 2 inch angled sash brush with synthetic bristles paint around the edges of the panels.
Allow the door to dry completely before reattaching the hardware and rehanging the door if you removed it to paint.
I needed to start with spray painting the trim before i removed the door.
When painting a paneled door begin with the recessed panels then the horizontal rails and.
Spray the trim in long even strokes keeping the tip about 12 inches from the surface you re spraying.
Painting a door is a race against time.
If your door is paneled start with the panels.
Start with a dust free door.
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.
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.
