Painting Wooden Doors White
When your space is dominated by brown shades or wooden colors the combination of wooden color doors and white interior trim is the one to consider.
Painting wooden doors white. What about the white trim. Apply a thin layer of primer to the door coating the panels before you work on the crossbar. If you re painting your door white and have white trim around it i recommend using the same paint color and finish as the trim. Choose an interior door paint color.
Dark painted doors you wish to paint lighter or vice versa you want to use a tinted primer to cut down on coats. If the door was painted with oil and you want to use latex paint. If you are painting over latex with latex or oil over oil and the previous paint job is in good shape you can skip the primer. We lightly sanded with a fine grit and applied two coats of zinsser 123 latex primer.
Begin by applying paint to the inside of the top panels. You have to lay down the paint and smooth it out before it becomes too sticky to work with or so stiff that brush marks won t level out and disappear. Let each coat dry thoroughly before applying the next. Rolling a flush flat door.
If you use a roller backbrush immediately with a wide brush or pad to smooth the roller stipple. Consider a paint additive to slow down drying and improve leveling. Pour white primer into a paint tray and coat a roller with it. Some of my favorite whites for trimwork and doors are benjamin moore s cloud white and dove white in either semi gloss or satin.
Painting stained wood requires more preparation than painting raw wood but when you devote some energy to readying the surfaces of your doors and windows paint can adhere to stained wood without. Smooth out the paint working with the grain. Coat the recessed areas first and then the faces of the panels. Bare wood or stained wood doors.
Painting a door is a race against time. Here is the door before. Apply a coat of primer to one side of the door with a paint roller. It is so obvious that the wooden color of the doors in this choice is chosen because it has compatibility with both brown shades and wooden colors.
Once the two coats of zinsser primer were dry we applied two coats of extra white semi gloss emerald interior paint by sherwin williams. Wipe it down with a damp rag just before painting. The texture that rollers impart works well for walls and ceilings but isn t attractive on doors or wood trim. If you miss any spots touch it up with a paintbrush.