Painting the french door.
Painting french doors.
A quick tip for painting french doors without scraping taping or splotchy peeling paint.
Scraping the paint can be messy.
You apply two coats and the liquid mask dries into a clear stretchy plastic.
If the underlying paint is already latex deglossing will help your new paint adhere to the layer underneath.
If your door is painted with oil based paint and you re painting over it with latex you ll have to sand and prime first.
This trick saves so much time and looks amazing like a factory finish.
That said i didn t use primer on this particular door.
Been painting most our lives living in a french door paradise.
Carefully paint a door with primer and wait for it to dry.
Paint as precisely as you can in long strokes that follow the direction of the wood.
A paint brush and paint roller are all you need to apply a perfect coat of paint.
Luckily there s a much easier way to paint french doors.
What a great idea.
Taping takes forever and doesn t do a perfect job.
Before painting take the time to prepare the doors by sanding washing and priming them.
It sticks to pretty much everything and any paint will stick to it.
This post has me singing a theme song courtesy of coolio.
Painting french doors is a diy project anyone can accomplish in a weekend.
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.
To get the best results you should prime your french doors before painting them.
Before too such a money saver.
I think your painted french doors as well as the rest of the doors in your home look fabulous.
You might also be interested on this post on painting exterior doors.
February 22 2012 at 2 08 pm.
I ve spray painted door knobs door handles hinges etc.
Paint the door with at least two coats of exterior satin or semi gloss paint following the same process you did for the primer and being sure to leave the recommended amount of drying time.
There s so many panes of glass to deal with.
Painting french doors can be such a pain.