Painting Old Interior Doors
You don t want anything sticking to the wet paint and ruining your paint job.
Painting old interior doors. Make sure you will be painting in a well ventilated area. Step 1 clean the space where you will paint the door. If possible paint in a well ventilated area or use a fan to circulate the air.
Choose paint recommended for interior doors such as types with a durable gloss or semi gloss sheen that makes it easy to clean. I glued and nailed each length of trim on the door to create a raised panel appearanc. Lag screws 1 1 2 in.
Sweep the floors and make sure any dust and dirt is gone. In this video i use inexpensive trim to update an old door in my house. Put drop clothes or cardboard on the floor to protect it from spilled paint 1 x research sourcestep 2 remove the door from the wall.
And you can still paint both sides in a day if you rest the door on lag screws. Before painting clean the door with a degreasing cleaner. If you re replacing the old hardware make sure the new hardware will match.
If your doors are old but in ok shape you may want to consider priming and painting. Have someone help you with this task by holding the door as you remove the hinge pins with a flat screwdriver. Flat doors like the ones in this video are very simple to paint and the.
The basic technique for painting a flat door is long smooth brush strokes or vertical roller strokes.