Switch to a mini roller for flat areas.
Spray paint for door panels.
To small and the primer or paint will exit the tip with fingers at each end of the spray fan and to big will deposit a large amount of paint on the doors surface when spraying a steel door i use a 311 or 313 spray tip with exterior acrylic and 310 fine finish or 311 with alkyd finishes.
In this video i show you how to paint your door panels useing dupli color vinyl and fabric flat black for the f350 shop truck.
I hope you guys enjoy this vid.
Begin by applying paint to the inside of the top panels.
Both can apply a flawless coat in minutes but hvlp is more forgiving.
The color of the primer should also be close to that of the paint e g a light gray primer for a lilac door.
Highly recommend going this route if you have a bunch of doors to paint.
Once the doors were dry it was time to add the new hinges and knobs and rehang the doors.
I opted to remove the door just easier to paint that way and opted to spray paint since my door has a lot of raised panels to paint around.
I needed to start with spray painting the trim before i removed the door.
Aside from finish quality a sprayer will also save you hours of brushwork if you have several doors to paint.
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Using semigloss exterior paint and a 2 inch angled sash brush with synthetic bristles paint around the edges of the panels.
Spraying the doors only required pockets of 10 15 minutes at a time and freed up a lot of time to do other things.
If the door has a vertical center stile paint this next and then blend in the brush marks from the center stile when you paint the horizontal rails.
Smooth out the paint working with the grain.
You can also ensure a perfect color match by buying a white primer and having it.
It produces a finer spray which reduces your chances of blasting on too much paint and creating runs.
The hardest part was taping and sealing off the trim around the door.