2 put on rubber gloves to protect your hands.
How to paint 6 panel pine doors white.
So if you re painting a door you can t live without like a bathroom or exterior door start first thing in the morning so it can be back in service by day s end.
Painting a door typically takes three to five hours depending on the condition of the door and how fussy you are.
An advantage of painting attached doors is that you don t have to wait for one side to dry before painting the other.
Cover hinges with painter s tape if you want to keep them free of paint.
The next step is to basically paint the rest of the door.
The doors open into the bathroom however when closed the one is part of the bedroom and the other part of the hallway.
My bathroom color is behr bright white but i wanted to use behr delicate lace on the other side which faces into bedroom and the the other into the.
Let your door dry 30 minutes 1 hour then follow up with a second coat of paint.
Hi my name is wayne de wet this is how i paint 6 panel doors with dulux trade trade oil based pure brilliant white satinwood.
Be on the lookout for drips or puddles of paint.
Open doors and windows if possible for ventilation.
Using a high density mini foam paint roller start by painting the middle section with the grain of the wood not against it up and down in a vertical fashion and then paint the horizontal sections of the door from left to right note that it is perfectly ok to use your roller across the entire horizontal sections.
If opening them puts the surfaces you need to paint out of reach plug in portable fans instead.
Hi i am painting my bathroom trim and 6 panel doors white on the inside.
But add in the drying time and it s a full day project.
Begin by applying paint to the inside of the top panels.
Go back and check the face of your door for drips now before the paint cures.