If one of the greatest appeals of your french doors is the access they provide to the patio or the garden you may wish to accent your french doors by painting it a different color from window trim.
Paint exterior french doors.
Painting the french door.
Once your deglosser has done its job use a foam roller to.
Next tape off any doorknobs hinges or hardware with painter s tape or remove them.
Paint as precisely as you can in long strokes that follow the direction of the wood.
Applying the paint 1.
You ll never go wrong starting with a primer.
If your door is painted with oil based paint and you re painting over it with latex you ll have to sand and prime.
Mini foam paint rollers are the perfect size for french doors.
To get the best results you should prime your french doors before painting them.
It sticks to pretty much everything and any paint will stick to it.
Coat a paint roller with paint.
Use an angled brush to paint difficult spots.
That said i didn t use primer on this particular door.
Pour some paint into a.
Paint the doors 1 side at a.
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.
Use up and down motions for the vertical pieces and back and forth motions for the horizontal.
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.
Carefully paint a door with primer and wait for it to dry.