Painting Doors With Window Panes

Start with a dust free door.

Painting doors with window panes.

It is tough to get into these areas with a brush not hitting the window. Paint all four edges of the door first. How to paint divided pane windows. 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.

Toronto painters uses a masking liquid which greatly helps out doing the tedious process of painting multiple window pane doors sometimes as many as 12 small panes. Wipe it down with a damp rag just before painting. Run warm water into a bucket and add some general purpose cleanser. Mix the black paint pour into a small bucket easier than painting from the can and paint.

A better solution is to line the edges of the glass with strips of ordinary printer paper. Painting windows and french doors that have many panes of glass are extremely difficult to paint. Use a mini roller and get good results with microfiber mohair and foam sleeves. Here s how the pros do it.

I would do the inside first as it will be less visible. While you could apply masking tape around the edges of the glass tape can be hard to position properly and remove. So i m fairly confident about my cutting in skills but all of these window panes on both french doors and the exterior door would just be tooooooo much. Purdy clearcut glide for a brush.

It s easy to paint the narrow wood muntins between window panes. 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. Painting a door or window with multiple panes can seem daunting at first but martha shows how easy it is to get the job done beautifully. Pay special attention to the surfaces of the stiles that face upward.

Don t use cheap roller sleeves or you ll get fibers in the finish. I m getting an ulcer just thinking about trying to hand paint those without the help of painters tape. Allow the window to dry completely. You apply two coats and the liquid mask dries into a clear stretchy plastic.

Brought to you by. Wet a rag in the cleaning solution and wipe all parts of the window clean. However don t press the knife tip right up against the muntin. First use a sharp utility knife to score the paint on the glass.

Painting neatly is always a challenge especially when painting around glass such as window frames or glass paneled cabinet doors. Painting the panels on a door with a window can add architectural interest to the door. So i was overjoyed when frogtape wanted to partner with me on this project. Do the outside then a second coat on the inside and out.