Spray Paint For Door Panels

Car interior spray paint can be used on most any surface type inside your car.

Spray paint for door panels.

It s better to have that happen before the faces are painted. Cover hinges with painter s tape if you want to keep them free of paint. When painting edges some paint inevitably slops onto the faces of the door. Brush on a light coat.

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. Paint a section at a time. An advantage of painting attached doors is that you don t have to wait for one side to dry before painting the other. For a door made of pine white fir or another wood species that doesn t bleed i e gives off tinted compounds in wood called tannins go with a water based exterior paint such as behr.

Make sure it is a well ventilated area. Each coat took me 5 minutes for all four doors. Spray paint project steps. I needed to start with spray painting the trim before i removed the door.

A heavy coat of paint covers better and sometimes levels out better but runs are more likely and brush marks are deeper. We offer sem interior paint for plastic vinyl and fabric carpet also. When painting a panel door a paint brush may be more effective than a roller. Using a screwdriver remove door from hinges and hardware from door.

Highly recommend going this route if you have a bunch of doors to paint. Set up a spray area by covering work area with a drop cloth. Always begin the paint spray off the door and then move onto it in even sweeping motions. The hardest part was taping and sealing off the trim around the door.

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. Once the doors were dry it was time to add the new hinges and knobs and rehang the doors. I painted one coat of primer and two top coats. Best results are achieved when using sem vehicle interior paints with the appropriate prep spray which are formulated specifically for vinyl or plastic and leather.

The flexio 5000 came with a practice sheet which helped me get the hang of the sweeping motion very quickly. Paint all four edges of the door first. Using semigloss exterior paint and a 2 inch angled sash brush with synthetic bristles paint around the edges of the. Use cardboard or paper to mask window area.

Use painter s tape to completely tape off any area that you do not want painted. If your door is paneled start with the panels.