Painting French Doors Without Tape

It sticks to pretty much everything and any paint will stick to it.

Painting french doors without tape.

Painting the french door. Take off any removable weatherstripping and apply. You ll never go wrong starting with a primer. Begin right away so the paint on the door does not have time to dry.

An alternative easy way to paint french doors. But with masking liquid h20 it is absolutely possible to paint windo. 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. Liquid mask h2o will help you breeze through french doors and multi panel windows.

When it is evenly coated you are ready to paint. Begin by prepping the door for painting. But there is a way for you to paint them without masking tape. Masking liquid h2o is an acrylic modified water.

Dust the door off including all the panes of glass. The liquid mask will help you eliminate hours of taping individual window panels. After a few hours it dries to look like this clear film. Then just prime if needed and paint on whatever color you d like.

Carefully paint a door with primer and wait for it to dry. Use up and down motions for the vertical pieces and back and forth motions for the horizontal. You can save yourself a bunch of time and frustration by using the right products. This time around i did a little research and discovered a pretty cool product that offers an easy way to paint french doors.

Once you ve taken the door off its hinges lay it across two sawhorses or on a large flat surface. Once the mask has dried read the label. I just used a 3 angled brush to apply a thick layer to all of the glass window panes which took me about 10 15 minutes per door. Using a brush is possible here.

Paint as precisely as you can in long strokes that follow the direction of the wood. It is amazing how paint can transform something old into something new. To get the best results you should prime your french doors before painting them. I am absolutely in love with my newly painted french doors.

Painting french doors and windows without having to use tape sounds like a dream right. You can paint the entire door or window depending on what your painting. That said i didn t use primer on this particular door. Pour some paint into a paint tray and roll the roller through it.

Having painted the interior of all of those french doors i know that either way is not fun. You can either apply it manually with a brush and roller or you can spray it on depending whether you have a paint sprayer or not. In this video you can wa.