How to paint the interior or front door
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There comes a time when you need to make major repairs in a house or apartment. There may be different reasons: we no longer like the way our house looks or we just have a desire to change the style of our home.
Among other repairs in the apartment, an important point is the painting of the doors. Despite the apparent ease of this task, this is a rather troublesome task. Qualitatively painted doors, of course, will decorate the interior of the apartment, and the entrance doors can generally be called the hallmark of the apartment. How to paint the doors? How to paint a wooden door? These and other questions arise during the repair process.
How to paint the doors?
Before you start painting the door, you need to decide what to paint them with? The answer to this question depends on which doors it is: entrance or interior. Interior doors are almost always under the influence of external conditions: temperature, humidity. While the input is under the influence of constantly changing factors. Accordingly, in order to paint the front door, some paintwork materials will be required, and for painting the interior doors - others.
Now there is a huge selection of paints and varnishes intended for painting various types of doors. Often among these paints and varnishes there are acrylic enamels, oil paints and nitro paints. It is worth saying that oil paints are gradually losing their popularity. This is due to the fact that they dry for a very long time and have an unpleasant odor.
Increasingly, instead of oil paints, alternative options are used to update the appearance of the doors. For example, alkyd enamels have the following advantages: high strength and durability. Their disadvantage is an unpleasant odor that persists for a rather long time (about 48 hours). Acrylic enamels, on the contrary, have no unpleasant odor. In addition, they can last up to 20 years. However, they are used in combination with varnish, which should correspond to them. The advantage of nitro paints is their durability, but they also have a significant drawback - high toxicity, so nitro paints are used for painting doors only in non-residential premises.
The service life of other types of paints used for painting doors:
- water dispersion (more than 10 - 20 years);
- silicate (about 20 years);
- silicone (about 20 years);
- enamel (about 10 years).
The best option for painting interior doors is alkyd enamel. In addition to durability and strength, they have a huge selection of colors, which is important for painting the doors inside the apartment.
For painting entrance doors, paints that are designed to perform external finishing work are ideal. For example, alkyd enamels have one important quality specifically for external doors - they are resistant to moisture.
Should I remove old paint?
Before painting doors, the question often arises: is it worth removing old paint? Or you can safely apply a painting layer of new paint on top.
At first glance, a simpler option would be to apply a new paint to the old one, however, everything is not so simple here.Before applying a layer of new paint, it will be necessary to carefully process the surface of the door: remove all defects (chips, cracks). To do this, you will need to use fine sandpaper and a primer.
If you decide to remove the old paint, then you have to make a little more effort. However, the result will justify these efforts - the door will look like new! The old paint layer can have significant defects: chips and cracks, and if you apply a new paint on top, over time, these defects will manifest themselves as a peeling of the new layer.
From the foregoing, we can conclude: it is better to remove old paint. Removal can be done using a grinding machine or using a drill with a special nozzle. You can also remove old paint using a special solution (20 percent or 30 percent solution of caustic sodium, carbolic acid or potassium). This solution should be applied with a soft cotton swab to old paint. After some time, a layer of old paint should be removed with the same swab. If the old layer remains in some places, repeat the operation again.
How to paint a wooden door?
A wooden door, especially from pine, speaks of the aesthetic taste of the owner of the house. In addition, the pine smell at first will deliver pleasant emotions. However, no matter what kind of tree a door, oak, pine, or other massif is, it should decorate the interior of the apartment, that is, look its best! To paint a wooden door, the following tools and materials will be required: paint, paint thinner, a roller with a bath for it, sandpaper, lighting, putty, sponge, drying oil and brushes.
How to paint a door under a tree so that its appearance pleases the eye? For high-quality painting of a wooden door, it is recommended to remove it from the hinges and lay it horizontally. This will work much more conveniently. In addition, in a horizontal position, the door will dry out much faster. Even from the door you will need to remove all the accessories.
First you need to pre-treat the door surface: putty and sanding. After the old layer is removed, you must carefully inspect the surface. If defects are found, they must be eliminated. All chips, scratches and cracks should be covered. In this case, even microscopic cracks need to be fixed so that they do not appear in the future, especially if the door is made of pine.
After the surface treatment of the tree is over, you need to wait a while to dry the surface. Then the door must be flushed with a vacuum cleaner and wiped with a damp cloth. After that, the surface must be carefully cleaned with sandpaper. This operation must be carried out until a perfectly flat and smooth surface appears. Then wipe the door again, and the preparatory phase can be considered completed.
First of all, you need to carefully paint the ends and other uncomfortable places (grooves, indentations). Then, using a roller or a wide brush, paint the main area of the door. The paint must be applied evenly. After this, you need to wait until the paint dries and apply another layer. After that, you need to wait until this layer dries and that's it - put the door in place.
What to do if you can’t remove the door from the hinges? In this case, you will have to paint it in an upright position. At first it is also recommended to paint the ends and other uncomfortable areas. In this case, you need to start with the upper left quarter, then the upper right. And only after that we pass to the lower quarters (first left, then right). After painting, you need to wait a certain time until the painted layer dries.
How to paint a metal door?
The easiest way to paint a metal door is with spray paint from a spray can. In this regard, there is a huge selection of colors and all kinds of shades: mother of pearl, metallic, fluorescent and others.In order to paint the iron door, there is a special paint for metal.
Before painting the door, you need to prepare it. To do this, remove handles, eyes, locks and other elements that do not need to be painted from it. After that, wipe the surface thoroughly with a damp cloth. To eliminate all kinds of stains, you can use acetone, white spirit or other means. The old coat of paint needs to be removed. For this purpose, you can use a metal brush and special means for removing paint.
After this, the surface must be carefully treated with sandpaper or a metal brush. This is necessary for high-quality adhesion of the paint layer to the surface. Then you will need to remove greasy stains from the door, if any. This can be done using the same white spirit or kerosene. In case of detection of all kinds of cracks or irregularities, they will need to be putty. Then the surface should be primed.
We paint the metal door with acrylic aerosol enamel. Its advantages: simplicity, a huge selection of colors, high-quality grip and a long service life. To consolidate the result, you can varnish the door.
