Doors for painting: we make preparation and paint

Painting the doors is one of the options for updating them. And the most common.

The design of painted doors can be quite different, the main thing here is to do everything correctly so that the coating looks new for a long time. Today we will decide whether it is possible to paint the doors with water-based paint, as well as how to paint the doors correctly.

The video in this article will show the whole process of doing the work and you can see its separate stages from the photo.

Doors painting

Painting the door is done in three stages, each of which is quite important and will affect the final result. Let's immediately see what we have to do and estimate the amount of work.

Choosing a material

If the paint on the door is cracked or you are completely restoring it (see Restoration of wooden doors with your own hands), you will need to choose the right dye. There are a large number of them in retail.

The range of different compositions to cover the doors of wood is quite wide. In order to make a decent choice, you first need to determine what exactly you want to see as a result: to emphasize and preserve the natural beauty of wood, or to create a covering that will completely hide the original structure.

Depending on this person can buy:

• Paint on polyurethane, alkyd, acrylic, oil or perchlorovinyl base, as well as opaque enamel.
• Tinted and transparent varnish, stain, oil impregnation. They will give a natural color a different shade or more brightness.
• If you need paint for painting doors without odor, then you should pay attention to acrylic. He will not be here. But again, look at the fot colors and select the desired shade. It is also worth knowing that it will be slightly different when applied.

Experts in this matter advise choosing:

• Acrylic dyes that are water based, because they flow well and cover the surface, and they also have a rather comfortable consistency to work with a brush.
• Paint and varnish alkyd materials - their main advantages are high water-repellent performance, good drying speed and resistance to temperature changes.
• You can choose to cover and varnish. To paint the doors the color of the lacquer. It is necessary to choose the right shade, it must match the general interior.

In order to painted wooden doors in the bath were attractively and qualitatively painted, experts recommend choosing materials belonging to the second group.

All due to the fact that they have the best indicators of resistance to various negative factors, which are enough in the bath. In addition, similar materials can be used to paint interior and exterior doors.

Attention; Coloring compositions made on the basis of an alkyd resin should be applied on a surface that will be completely dry. Otherwise, if the paint is applied to a damp tree, it will begin to peel off and peel off due to bubbles appearing on it.

So:

• Painting of wooden surfaces is carried out not at one time, you need to run several layers. It often happens that there is a need to use two different formulations. First, impregnation with the effect of tinting is used, and only then a decorative layer is applied. It is extremely important to choose such compositions that would work in a duet. For example, before you apply varnish, you can not use drying oil. For varnish suitable only stain.
• If your plans only to refresh the color of the door, using oil impregnation or stain, you still need to apply at least two layers. How many of them will be needed in the end, will depend entirely on the surface of the door. You can apply up to ten layers, until you achieve the result that people want.

Step by step instructions for painting wooden doors

Since the doors consist not only of linen, but there are also other components, the first action that needs to be done in order for the doors to be painted in wood should be properly prepared. You can, of course, paint only the canvas, but in this case the difference between the box and it will be noticeable to the naked eye.

So, the painting of doors must begin with the following actions:

• Remove the door from the hinges and lay it on the goats, stools or table. If you decide to use alkyd products that have a pungent smell, then all the work is best done on the street.
• If you can not remove the canvas, then it must be blocked with wedges. They are arranged in such a way that the file brush can be reached to all surfaces. The lock must also prevent the doors from closing, which will necessarily lead to damage to the applied paint layer.

Attention: Experts advise all the same to remove the canvas, but if this is impossible to implement, then resort to the second option, described above.

Then we begin to remove the fittings. If the handles and hinges are non-removable, then they are sealed with tape or wrapped in paper, but the foil is most suitable. We advise you to fix and seal the lock with scotch tape.

Preparing the door for painting

This is a very important stage of work, which includes several stages. Treat him carefully and with special care. In this case, the painting of the doors will turn out one hundred percent.

There is a preparation according to the following scheme:

• At the very beginning we remove all layers of paint, putty or primer that are available. As a result, the wood must be completely clean. For these purposes, you can use a grinding machine or make a home-made device from a bar, wrapping it with an emery cloth. If there is a building dryer, it is best to use it, the process will be much easier. Layers of paint when heated will bubble and then it is removed with a spatula. You can also buy a special remover designed for wood. But such a tool is not cheap. How to remove the paint from the door in different ways, you can read on the pages of our site.
• Then we carry out the first polishing, which helps to eliminate small defects: scratches, remnants of the old coating or dents. To do this, use sandpaper or a machine that is connected to a vacuum cleaner.
• The next stage of work will be putty. Existing significant defects must be treated with a special putty on the wood of the desired color, if the coating will eventually be transparent. If the doors are painted with an opaque composition, the color will have absolutely no meaning. Do not forget about the gaps that are between the lintel, the joint and the elements of the canvas.
• After the time specified in the manual passes, the entire surface is ground again. First, we use an abrasive skin, which has an average grain or a nozzle on a typewriter, and then we use a small grain.
• If there are deep flaws in the door, seal them with car-putty, whose composition does not include fiberglass. A similar option can be used in the event that the painting of wooden doors will be opaque paint.

Attention: If under a layer of old paint the wood has become dark it can be bleached. To do this, use a mixture of bleach and water in a ratio of three to one.

After complete treatment of all surfaces, cleaning of the existing coating and putty, thoroughly vacuum everything, wipe with a damp cloth and dry thoroughly. After this comes the stage when the doors are painted directly.

Painting the doors of wood

Now let's look at how to paint the doors correctly. If you started this kind of work for the first time, you should not immediately try to artificially age the door or recreate the effect of photo wallpaper.

Start with a simple painting that is not so easy to do without stains or smudges under the varnish. If you have a special sprayer, you can use it for painting.

If you want to paint one or more doors, it makes no sense to buy such a spray. It is best to get a roller and a file brush.

Attention: Before using the brush, it is necessary to fluff it and remove hairs that are poorly fixed.

The type of construction will depend on the type of construction

How to paint with a roller door or brush now consider in detail. Panel door - its painting is carried out in three stages.

It is best to use a roller, because it helps to apply the coating in an even layer, so no hair will appear.

So:

• Getting started with the upper left corner. All movements should be directed to the right. Paint the cloth to the end, and then dry as much time as needed.
• The second coat of paint is applied in the longitudinal direction.
• The next layer is applied in the direction opposite to the first layer.
• Filet - start painting with a brush. It passes through the grooves, which are available in the canvas, so as not to apply a large amount of paint. All further work is carried out using a roller according to the technology described above.

How to work with the stain

This option is often found. Here everything is done by hand, and the price of such finishing is quite low, but you get just the perfect canvas.

So:

• The surface that is ready to be painted should be slightly dampened so that the wood does not absorb the liquid from the dye. In this case, he will go to bed evenly.
• Everything horizontally at first is painted with wood stain along the fibers, then in the transverse direction, and the work is completed in the longitudinal direction.
• Shoals and canvas (if it was not removed) paint the bottom. This helps to avoid splashes and drops in areas that are not covered with paint. In the same way it is worth doing if the painting of the doors of wood will be carried out with the help of varnish. If, as a result, the coating is opaque, the presence of dark spots will in no way affect the result obtained at the end.

Attention: After drying the door, they will become a little lighter than during the painting. To get a saturated color, you will need to apply a few more layers. To prevent wood fibers from straightening, use alcohol stain. In this case, there is no need to sand again the surface. Water-soluble compounds are non-toxic and safer.

How to create a wood imitation

For this you need:

• The canvas is dyed light beige, gray or yellow and then dried.
• Using a brush, liquid soap is applied to the surface.
• Everything is covered with dark paint, and the soap is washed off.
• In the event that you have a veneered door, then you can take note of another method. For this we use a special brush. We pass it through soft fibers with movements that would remind combing. The surface is painted with dyes having different colors. The texture will be changed, so curls will appear on the surface that resemble tree structure. Grind the surface after it dries.
• If you do everything according to the rules, then the painting will turn out even for beginners in this business. But for a start it is better to practice a bit so that the front side comes out perfectly.

You now know how to tint the chip on the door and how to paint the doors coated with varnish, it will be important here not to hurry and properly prepare the surface. And after applying the dye you will not be long thinking about repairing the door.