How To Prep A Wood Door For Painting
Take the door off its hinges using a screwdriver to push up on the pins.
How to prep a wood door for painting. Start with the edges then move on to the mouldings and panels using the edge of the brush for the recesses. Its important that you use drop cloths to protect the floor and the chairs. Paint on two or three light coats of knotting solution allowing 30 minutes between each coat.
Get a helper to hold onto the door while youre working. Old wooden doors generally need sanding and priming. Once the dust has settled wipe the surface down with white spirit.
You need to lay the door flat on the floor support it with chairs or lay it on a sawhorse. Use wood putty or filler in holes dents scratches and gouges. For wooden doors with flaking cracked or peeling paint use 120 grit sandpaper to sand away the paint down to the bare wood.
On the flatter surfaces use the flat of the brush to cover the surface with paint brush left and. If the existing paintwork is in good condition there is no need to prime or undercoat the door. If possible use fast-drying wood filler so you.
After scraping sand the wooden door to smooth the scraped edges. 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. Use power sanders sparinglyhigh-speed sanding can melt paint making it even more difficult to smooth out.
To get a smooth working surface scrape off any peeling pieces and sand down the old paint until the surface of the door feels even all. Wood today is often very young which means its full of sap. You can also use wood puttyfiller to fill in the holes created by nails or screws.
