Chris and i have painted a lot of six panel doors in our time we installed and painted 8 new doors at our first house and every door in our current house is a primed and unpainted six panel door in need of paint.
Tips on painting a six panel door.
This tutorial pertains to any paneled door interior or exterior.
The jordan house has builder standard hollow core 6 panel doors with the faux wood grain like many newer or remodeled houses so this video shares both general tips for painting doors and the specific process of how to paint a 6 panel door and how to paint the faux wood grain without brush strokes.
Seriously painting six panel doors is not for chumps.
In the process of painting all those doors i ve developed this easy method for how to paint a door without brush marks or streaks.
The doors open into the bathroom however when closed the one is part of the bedroom and the other part of the hallway.
I ve shared some of our top tips below as.
Well sit back and let me give you some tips and a tutorial for painting a door.
If you have flat non panel versions you can skip this post and come back later.
Door painting priming tips.
Here is a link that might be useful.
If you prefer reading the tips here they are.
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.
You can spot prime a door coating only patched dents or areas you sanded through to bare wood.
The new paint will stick better and you ll get a more uniform finish.
As you mentioned above i think use brush to paint a 6 panel door.
Our doors are all the six panel type.
Your choice of primer is just as important as your choice of paint.
But priming the whole door is best.
A video showing process of painting an interior door.
Aubrey describes all the equipment required and gives step by step instructions so that you can confidently achieve great results.
Hi i am painting my bathroom trim and 6 panel doors white on the inside.
How to paint a panel door.
I would also like to suggest you that before start painting the doors you should lay down the doors to reduce drip and improve paint.