Door Painting

If you want to get probe results when you paint a six panel or a four panel door like this one

you just don't start painting. You have to really think about what you're doing

and there's a certain order in which you paint the parts of the door to get results like a probe

Where I like to start is on the panels. I work from the inside and go out, and I paint each of

panels first. I like to paint the doors with a special primer for bare wood and

their use of a primer is important because it fills the pores of the wood

and evens out the gloss when you use your finished paint. Go ahead and make

sure that you paint down in the corner, jab the paintbrush into the wood and

you'll notice that it runs like that but don't worry too much about that right

now. We'll catch those runs in just a few minutes. As you're painting the door

you got to keep in mind that this door has got 11 major components It got four raised panels and it also has seven other components that are very important It got a top style a middle rail here another style another rail one at the bottom

and then the two long rails on either end of the door. As you paint the center rail, let some of the paint extend up to the top horizontal door component

That's fine, but do a quick brush stroke that is exactly parallel and even with the tops of the raised panels

panel to make sure that the brush strokes match the grain direction of the wood. Your final brush

strokes should be on your end rails and just simply apply the paint and make sure that the

brush does not extend over into the areas that you've already painted. This door is completed

and I'll tell you what it looks superb. It looks just like a pro did it. All the brush strokes

match the grain of the wood and guess what? I'm the one who painted it. I'm Tim Carter, Ask the Builder

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