How To Paint French Doors The Easy Way

Here s how it works.

How to paint french doors the easy way.

The paint on the glass you see is because i had already painted the other side of this door before i hung it back up. Painting the french door. Masking liquid h2o is an acrylic modified water based clear coating formulated to peel from glass and eliminates the need for scraping off paint with a razor blade. 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.

For normal doors i typically use both a brush and a small foam roller to get quicker paint coverage. If your door is painted with oil based paint and you re painting over it with latex you ll have to sand and prime. It depends on the the door. Next tape off any doorknobs hinges or hardware with painter s tape or remove them.

For my french doors i used a brush only because the flat parts of the door were so small. It s thinner than paint and has a milky consistency. How to paint french doors 1. Enter masking liquid h2o.

You ll never go wrong starting with a primer. Carefully paint a door with primer and wait for it to dry. Before painting french or gridded doors you brush or spray the masking liquid onto each glass panel. I never remove doors for painting.

An alternative easy way to paint french doors. It sticks to pretty much everything and any paint will stick to it. Should you paint a door with a brush or a roller. Paint as precisely as you can in long strokes that follow the direction of the wood.

That said i didn t use primer on this particular door. You can use a paint guard at the bottom to avoid getting paint on the floor. It is possible to paint your doors on the hinges but we have to spray paint all of our hinges black so every time i paint a door i have to take it off the hinges which makes it way more time consuming. The trick is to leave the door open while painting.