Tool Painting French Door

You re repainting a previously painted door in the same paint color.

Tool painting french door.

You can add a fresh dose of color to your home with just a few hours of work. You then paint your door just like i did and remove the liquid mask by tracing around your panes of glass with a utility knife. Brush on a light coat. Each plate is securely screwed into the center of either end of a door with a 8 x 1 1 4 inch phillips wafer head screw included with purchase prior to paint or stain application.

Begin by painting the edges with a brush. Original creaters of the door decker finishing system mr. Lag screws 1 1 2 in. I committed to adding more color to my life in 2013 and i started by painting the french doors that lead to our living room space.

Speed s painting tools offers paint tools designed and manufactured by painters and our team is here to help. Painting the french door. It sticks to pretty much everything and any paint will stick to it. You re painting a bare front door for the first time.

Hole in the bottom of the door and two at the top then turn 4 in. 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. You ll never go wrong starting with a primer. For specific information on shipping and pricing please visit our shipping page.

You apply two coats and the liquid mask dries into a clear stretchy plastic. Speed painting tools 1 pair door decker. Take off any removable weatherstripping and apply. Begin by prepping the door for painting.

That said i didn t use primer on this particular door. The door decker finishing system is comprised of two steel plates with handles on each attached with brass eyelets. 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. Once you ve taken the door off its hinges lay it across two sawhorses or on a large flat surface.

Place the door flat on the sawhorses. To remove the door wedge a flathead screwdriver or chisel in the joint between the hinge and the top of the hinge pins. Roll on the paint where you can. A primer and paint is sufficient if any of the following scenarios apply.

Speed s painting tools is proud to sell door painting systems worldwide with some help from our friends over at the paint shack. A heavy coat of paint covers better and sometimes levels out better but runs are more likely and brush marks are deeper. And you can still paint both sides in a day if you rest the door on lag screws. Rollers lay on paint much faster than a brush giving you a few more precious minutes to work the paint before it begins to stiffen.