Spray Paint Door Panels

Setting up doors for spray painting.

Spray paint door panels.

Spray techniques for more spraying. I hope you guys enjoy this vid. The fastest and easiest way to spray paint interior doors is to spray them standing in pairs vertically so both sides can be sprayed. Painted doors are prone to chipping over time and can require touch ups.

Visit how to use a paint sprayer. Spray the trim in long even strokes keeping the tip about 12 inches from the surface you re spraying. I needed to start with spray painting the trim before i removed the door. Paint all four edges of the door first.

When painting edges some paint inevitably slops onto the faces of the door. To get a nice flat professional finish your doors need to be cleaned and degreased this is especially important with wooden doors as they are a natural product over time the wood can absorb cooking grease and fats into the grain so. To do this you ll need to connect each pair of doors at their top edge using free stir sticks from the paint store or any piece of scrap wood that s long enough. An advantage of painting attached doors is that you don t have to wait for one side to dry before painting the other.

Brush on a light coat. If your project involves painting the room s interior walls it is recommended to paint trim first. For doors overlap each successive spray pass by approximately 50. It s better to have that happen before the faces are painted.

I painted the baseboards door trim and all 7 doors doors the same semi gloss bright white from valspar signature. Cover hinges with painter s tape if you want to keep them free of paint. 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. The hardest part was taping and sealing off the trim around the door.

When painting a panel door a paint brush may be more effective than a roller. A heavy coat of paint covers better and sometimes levels out better but runs are more likely and brush marks are deeper. Your doors need to be properly prepared for spray painting it isn t just a case of slapping a quick coat of paint on. However occasionally you may be ready for an entirely new look.

While i brushed on the paint for the trim this time around we decided to try spraying all the doors with a paint sprayer we re long time fans of the wagner flexio 590 instead of hand painting them.