How to paint an old door. Interior doors for painting: hidden, MDF, veneer, wooden

With prolonged use, door leaves and frames lose their attractiveness as a result of wear or the expiration of the service life of the decorative coating.

Do-it-yourself painting of a wooden door will save money and acquire skills in installation and finishing work.

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You can also show your creative ideas and perform an original painting with a visual highlight of individual parts of the structure.

Types of paints

Currently, there is a huge selection of paints for painting wood. They are qualitatively subdivided into transparent and opaque. The first option is used when it is necessary to preserve the natural color of the wood and the visibility of the fiber structure. These include stains and impregnations that protect wood from insects and fungi.

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They can add a little tonality to the natural color, making the look more presentable.

The second option - opaque paint is more in demand, since it allows you to achieve maximum compliance with the interior design of the room. These can be enamels and compositions based on acrylic, polyurethane, alkyds and oils.

Which paint to choose?

For interior work, acrylic enamels are most often used. They allow you to obtain the optimal viscosity for the convenience of brushing: it spreads well, forming a thin uniform layer and is able to maintain rich color throughout the entire service life. It does not have a pungent odor and therefore even allergy sufferers can paint. The paint for external doors is selected based on the temperature characteristics of the climate, air humidity and the amount of precipitation. In such cases, alkyd paint is simply irreplaceable, as it increases resistance to temperature extremes, moisture and sunlight. The paint can dry much faster than other compounds. However, when working with it, personal respiratory protection should be used as it is toxic.

Remove the hardware before painting.

Preparatory work

Before painting, it is advisable to remove the door from its hinges and place it on a horizontal stable surface. It is advisable to cover it with paper or oilcloth so that dirt and dust do not get on the canvas. Then, using an industrial hair dryer with a wide nozzle, peel off the old paint to the wood. The old paint is heated with a hot stream of air until it swells, after which it is easily brushed off. In hard-to-reach places, the nozzle is removed and the site is heated, after which a layer of paint is removed with a knife or fine. Upon completion of work, sanding is carried out or.

To shoot the door or not?

It is convenient to paint the doors in the removed position, since the paint does not drip, drips do not form, there is access to all cracks and inconvenient places. It is possible to assess the condition of the canvas more objectively and, if necessary, replace the problematic parts. In addition, there will be no acrid smell of solvent, coloring composition and varnish in the room. The time spent on dismantling is fully justified, since financial resources are saved for painting doors that are obviously unsuitable for use, and it will also become possible to carry out work in any convenient place. However, if the canvas is new, and painting is carried out only in order to change the color shade, then it can be painted right on the spot, having previously fixed the open position of the door.

Irregularities need to be putty

Close up small defects in the canvas

Before painting a wooden door, you need to hide possible defects, such as cracks, chips and places, damage by pests. A putty is taken and applied to problem areas with a spatula in small quantities. Then it is carefully leveled. After drying, sanding is carried out with "zero". The surface is cleaned with a dry soft cloth to remove dust, and then washed out. It should be noted that only small defects can be hidden this way. In the event of rotten areas or severe cracks, it is recommended that a suitable part be made of the same type of wood and replaced.

What primer should I use?

Wood is imperatively necessary to improve water resistance, increase adhesion, especially of dense wood species, and impregnate the outer layer to reduce paint costs. Before painting an old wooden door with an opaque paint, apply alkyd primers and alkyd-based compounds diluted with water.

Note!

The color of the primer should differ from the base color by a tone or a semitone in the light side, so as not to affect the outer coating.

Under the transparent layer, oil and water-based primers are used that have disinfectants, insecticidal, etc. In terms of color and type, they should have a great affinity for the decorative coating.

Performing monochromatic painting

The easiest option is to paint the canvas and the box in the same color. The brush must be fluffed before use in order to remove excess hairs and give softness. After that, painting is done in three stages. At the first stage, the ends of the door are covered with a layer of paint, starting from the upper corners and ending with the lower, longitudinal movements of the brush. At the second stage, the plane of the canvas is painted from left to right. The paint must then dry according to the instructions for use. After drying, a second layer of paint is applied in the longitudinal direction from top to bottom. If the paint is partially absorbed, then a third layer can be applied to obtain a rich color.

Applying multiple tones

For interiors with complex decorative elements, it may be necessary to apply several layers of different colors. Take scotch tape and glue the entire surface, which should not be covered by the main color. After drying, glue the painted parts and apply paint to the remaining places. It is not enough to paint the front door to the nursery in several colors and you have to create complex drawings. First, stencils are made, with an adhesive applied on the back side. Staining is carried out in the main color, and when the paint dries, a stencil is set and painted in additional tones. The disadvantage of this method is the outward manifestation of the color of the substrate. Therefore, such patterns are selected so that the background is lighter, and the subsequent layers are darker. This option is non-standard for painting wooden canvases, since they have a natural pattern, but is the simplest implementation of a complex pattern for doing it yourself. The sequence of work is as follows:

1. The canvas is painted completely in yellow by the method of one-color painting in one or two layers.
2. The liquid soap is evenly applied to all surfaces with a brush.
3. A layer of dark paint is applied, imitating wood fibers.
4. Soap is washed off.

Conclusion

Before painting an interior wooden door, it is necessary to determine the operating conditions, requirements for surface quality and colors. But before that, the front part of the canvas and the box should be processed accordingly. This will be a guarantee of successful work and will significantly increase the service life of the door.

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Thanks to modern technologies, today wooden doors not only look beautiful, but are also of high quality, which is hard not to pay attention to.

But, not everyone can afford to decorate their premises with good-quality doors, because such a product made of natural wood species costs a lot of money. But, as a budget option, you can buy a "semi-finished product" - a door made of solid wood, for example oak, wenga or pine (usually sold with standard sizes), without decorative elements, and give an original design to the door leaf with your own hands, painting the wood with the most suitable LMB.

Unfortunately, it is more problematic for owners of apartments with an old layout to buy a new interior door block, because the "native" doors have non-standard sizes. In this case, you will have to make custom-made doors, which will fly into a tidy sum. Therefore, it makes sense to restore the old doors, thereby saving the family budget and giving the apartment uniqueness and originality.

Next, we will tell you how to properly prepare the surface, in what sequence it is worthwhile to carry out the painting work and what paint to paint the wooden door with so that the final result looks not only good, but also unusual, if the style of the room requires it.

How can wooden doors be painted?

Today the question "How to paint a wooden door in an apartment?" not very relevant, because the market of paints and varnishes is quite diverse. But, before painting the interior wooden door in the house, you need to think about whether you need to preserve the structure of the natural material, or you need to completely mask the wood pattern by painting over the canvas with an opaque layer. Taking your own wishes as a basis, pay attention to the following paintwork materials:

• Enamels with an opaque base.
• Oil based paints.
• Transparent or tinted varnish.
• Oil-based impregnation.
• Stain.
• Other paints and varnishes that can refresh the color of a tree or give a beautiful correct shade.

The table below shows the classification of paintwork materials.

Classification:	Varieties:
View:	Varnish.	Dye.		Impregnation.
Chemical composition:	Organic base.			Water based.
Mode of application:	Internal.		Outdoor.	Combined.
Protective effect:	From changes in temperature and moisture.		From mechanical damage.	From chemical and organic irritants.

Of course, how to paint an old wooden door is a master's business, but the opinion of experienced craftsmen is worth listening to. Many finishers recommend:

• Acrylic material based on water (substances containing acrylic have the most optimal consistency, which is important when working with brushes, and also spread well over the surface);
• Alkyd material (has a good ability to repel moisture, is not afraid of the sun, frost and sudden changes in temperature, dries quickly).

If you need to process the door to the bathhouse, it is better to choose an alkyd paint for outdoor street work, which is less susceptible to adverse factors. Using such material, it will be possible to cover the doors to the house, as well as interior blocks.

Important! Please note that painting doors with alkyd paints can only be carried out on dry surfaces. If the base of the door is damp, the paint will quickly peel off and peel off. And if you need to treat the door with varnish, do not use drying oil, only stain will help you!

If you are racking your brains "how to paint a wooden door in the country or in an apartment?" Sometimes, in order to get the desired effect, you have to use different formulations. Initially, experts use an impregnation that can give a certain tone to the door, after which a decorative layer is applied.

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Sequence of work

The door structure is not only the door itself, therefore it is very important to carry out the preparatory process carefully. Of course, you can only repaint the canvas, but this way the jambs will fall out of the overall picture. And so, the process of painting the door should be done in the following sequence:

• The door structure is removed and placed on a stable surface (as an option - a pair of stools). If alkyd paint will be used for work, it is better to transfer the work to the open air, because such paintwork materials have a pungent odor.

• Then, without removing the canvas itself, it is fixed with wedges so that the paneled brush has access to all hard-to-reach places. It is also necessary to block the doors so that during the drying process the doors do not slam shut and damage the new layer of paint.

Whichever way you go, you still have to dismantle the fittings. If there are non-removable parts, they can be hidden under paper or foil.

Preparing the door covering

• Remove all old coating, even primer and putty, until the wood itself remains. For this work, you can use a grinder, a building hairdryer, or special cleaning compounds.
• Then you need to sand the surface, remove any defects, sand small residues of paintwork, degrease. In this work, you cannot do without a grinder, which is better to connect to a vacuum cleaner. If you do not have such a device, you can get by with medium-grained emery paper.

• When you have completely managed to sand the canvas and prime it, you can proceed to the putty of large flaws. If you plan to use varnish as a topcoat, it is better to use a special composition for wood. If the decorative dye is not transparent, you don't have to worry about the color of the putty. Don't forget about the gaps in the walls and skirting boards!
• After puttingty, after waiting for the time indicated by the manufacturer of the mixture, you need to sand again, masking the scuffs. You can immediately use a medium-grained canvas, and then come to the finish line with a fine-abrasive one.

Please note, if the surface has large dents, and you plan to use an opaque or dark material for the finishing layer of the finish, use Auto Putty. There is no glass fiber in the composition of such a mixture.

If the doors darkened under the old finishing materials, and you would just like to open them with varnish, preserving the structure and pattern of the wood, problem areas can be lightened. To do this, you can make a simple DIY bleach: mix bleach with water in a 1: 3 ratio. When the surface is completely processed, wiped with a rag and dried (so that the paint does not begin to swell), you can start painting the door directly.

How is a regular door painting done?

We told you how to paint an entrance wooden door or an interior door, it's time to talk about how to perform a simple staining in order to avoid smudges and other problems. If you need to update the canvas outside or paint some doors, there is no point in buying a spray gun.

To do this, it will be enough to buy a narrow brush (for hard-to-reach places) and a roller that will fit any canvas (natural wood, fiberboard, mdf, canadian, etc.). The only minus of brushes is that they often lose hairs, so before work it needs to be fluffed up so that everything that is superfluous and poorly fixed falls out so as not to spoil the finish.

For panel doors, it is better to use a roller so that the paint spreads evenly. Work begins from the end, moving to the right. You will have to paint the canvas in 3 passes, so each subsequent layer should lie down in opposite movements. If painting is done on any other surface, do not over-use the paint so that smudges do not form.

How to use the stain properly?

So that the wood species does not absorb excess moisture, and the paint lays down evenly, the prepared canvas needs to be slightly moistened. All horizontal surfaces are stained along the grain, and then across. The finishing layer is also applied in the longitudinal direction.

The shoals and parts that have not been dismantled begin to be covered from below so that the drops do not touch the still untouched places. This sequence of actions is followed in the event that the finishing layer is an opaque material. When the surface treated with wood stain absorbs moisture, the wood fibers straighten out, which will require sanding the canvas with zero sandpaper and repeating the procedure.

It is also worth noting that after staining (when the dye dries up) the wood becomes lighter. Therefore, you need to cover it as many times as necessary to achieve the desired color. If you want to speed up the process, you can use an alcohol-based stain. The surface treated with such a composition does not require re-grinding. But, water-soluble materials are considered safer, will not smell bad and are more popular.

How to simulate wood?

Advice! Today, the design of premises in the Provence style is very popular, the brevity of which was previously known to few people. Furniture and doors for rooms made in this style, as a rule, are chosen in light pastel colors; imitation of antiquity is in great demand.

Adhering to this style when decorating doors with your own hands, an aqueous emulsion or other bleached matte dye composition can help. At the same time, many are wondering whether it is possible to paint wooden doors with water-based paint? Of course you can, why such doubts?

For such substances, you can use both a spray gun and rollers or brushes. However, on the Internet you can find many videos and photo instructions on how to paint a wooden door white with an emulsion, read more, such skills for artificial aging will not hurt you!

And so, in order to imitate a drawing of a tree on any base (including metal), you need:

• Paint the canvas yellowish, grayish, beige or white and dry.
• Get some liquid soap and a brush, and lubricate the area you want.
• Take a dark dye and apply to the surface.
• Remove liquid soap.

Also, to create a retro door, purchase a special brush that is sold at any hardware store. With a brush, movements are made, as if combing hair, over the entire surface in order to touch the soft fibers of the breed. Then you can pigment the surface in different shades.

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Save your budget, and get a reason for creativity in the interior, perhaps in a simple way - paint the old wooden doors. Observing the rules for preparing the canvas, it is easy to give a second life to interior and exterior doors. All about the stages and the correct selection of tools and paint - below.

Differences between wooden doors

Interior, as well as entrance canvases differ in design, material, fittings. This has implications for future coloration. For example:

1. Array. Represent . Looks best in a natural look that emphasizes the natural structure. The paint for this option is chosen transparent - varnish, glaze glaze, or, if the canvas has long lost its attractiveness.
2. ... The structure consists of a frame, two sheets of chipboard, between which insulation is laid. Interior rooms do without it. It is easiest to paint an old door of this type, but the preparatory process is more meticulous than for massive models.
3. ... The frame can be solid or made of MDF, and the inserts are panels, these are thin boards or sheets of plywood. They need to be painted carefully, carefully disassembling the structure into its component parts. As a rule, a paneled door is old, wears out faster than solid wood or MDF, due to the large number of joints of decorative parts and constant activity. Therefore, before painting, if it is decided not to change the model, a complete revision is carried out with the elements in a quality condition.

For future painting, the door hardware is important - built-in requires caution, the lock is closed or plugged with cotton wool, the unscrewed one is removed.

How to paint doors correctly

Having determined the type of their own doors, prepare the tools and composition for the coating. Spatulas, rags, solvents, building hair dryer, brushes, rollers. You can paint the old doors with anything, if the products coincide in chemical composition - oil and nitro enamel do not combine and will only ruin the canvas. If the previous composition is unknown, then the preparation is carried out in the most thorough way - the old coating is removed by chemical means. Massive canvases do not require disassembly, but about painting a paneled type or from MDF, in detail:

1. Having laid the canvas from the hinges on a horizontal surface, it is moistened with a solvent. When the paint has softened, clean it off with a spatula with a sharp blade. Care should be taken not to damage the wood. If the layers of paint exceed 3-5 mm, then a building hair dryer is used - heating will swell the paint and it is easy to remove it with a spatula.
2. , it is disassembled into its component parts - it may be necessary to completely replace the panels or wood slabs before painting the old one. If the canvas is entrance, then a new insulation is laid inside. Chips and cracks are carefully puttyed or sealed. This measure will help the panels to resist vibration, and the durability will increase. You may have to work with a plane that interferes with free movement. When the canvas is assembled, the places of repair are carefully processed - they are cleaned with an emery cloth.
3. Further, they use different methods of painting - with rollers, sponges or brushes. Carefully paint over the insertion points of the panels. You can get a textured surface using a sponge - with dotted strokes, the composition is applied over the entire area. If a home craftsman wants to get an interesting combination of colors, then you cannot do without masking tape - it is glued in the places of transitions. The work will take longer, since each layer requires careful drying.

When the canvas is ready, it is equipped with removed or new fittings - it also has a decorative meaning - and broadcast it into place. Do-it-yourself painting of old doors is an easy way to return the entrance or interior sash to its former look or give it a new, more modern one.

Coating for metal doors

Tidying up and painting an old iron door is also easy. It is important to choose the appropriate composition for it - hammer or powder paint. Both are impact-resistant and corrosion-resistant. Details of the work:

• They remove the wood board, take out the insulation - most likely, it needs to be replaced.
• and fat, wetting the surface with turpentine, gasoline or other composition.
• It remains to repaint the door, put the insulation and fittings in place.

Hammer or powder paint will hide web defects - uneven welding, poor processing, burrs.

Coloring tricks

Several tricks are used in the work that make the process high-quality and economical:

1. Before coating, massive canvases are bleached with chlorine solution. So, stains from solvents are eliminated, the natural pattern of wood becomes visible in all its glory. In this case, painting the doors with varnish will not be in vain.
2. Use a primer for both wood and metal canvases. The composition will reduce the consumption of the topcoat, as it will be absorbed and create a film on the surface. A cheap option, like linseed oil, will protect the wooden door from moisture, and, therefore, from swelling.
3. As a primer, use a stain - varnish with the addition of cellulose. If they pre-paint the old doors made of fiberboard, in several layers, then the coating pigment composition can not be used.
4. Apply grinding with angle attachments. Manual processing is imperfect and in the places where the panel fits, the wood will look bad without proper processing - the machine will cope with this better.
5. Use a roller or spray gun. The latter option reduces the consumption of the composition by 30–40%. They can also paint a wooden door with varnish in several layers.

The work takes a long time, depending on the type of canvas, its initial state. In any case, each layer is dried for at least two days. Observing everything described above, it is easy to paint the old one.

Painting an old door will not be difficult if you follow these basic rules.

Painting wooden doors is a common way to give an attractive appearance to interior designs. Such an operation makes it possible to renew old canvases, which have lost their original chic during operation, and to repaint new products in the required color shade, focusing on the interior created after the repair. Coloring at home is performed with various compositions using a simple technology.

How can doors be painted?

Wooden structures perfectly absorb the majority of modern decorative compositions. Therefore, it is allowed to restore interior doors made of solid pine, oak, linden, veneer, fiberboard and chipboard (MDF and chipboard) with almost any composition:

• Nitro enamels.
• Acrylic and alkyd paints.
• Colored varnishes.

Enamels of the first type are the best option for working with products of interest to us. They make the door leaf resistant to external influences and durable in use.

Lack of nitro enamels is a pungent odor. When dry, they release into the air compounds that are unsafe for people with poor health and allergy sufferers, which can worsen a person's well-being. For this reason, staining with such compositions is carried out outdoors or in well-ventilated rooms.

Alkyd paint dries longer (40–48 hours) than nitro compounds. It is inferior to them in terms of resistance to mechanical stress. You can fix the situation if you mix it with a protective varnish. The main advantage of the described enamel is its affordable cost.

Acrylic mixtures do not have a pungent odor. They are considered completely environmentally friendly. Their main disadvantage is the high price.

Colored varnishes are used for painting solid wood interior doors. These formulations highlight the natural beauty of the wood grain and at the same time give it an unusual shade. They are not used for decorating structures made of MDF, chipboard.

Preparing for staining - what needs to be done?

If you plan to change the color of the new door, remove the original paint from it. The canvas is treated with a special solution (sold in any building store), under the influence of which the coating of the structure swells and after that it is easily cleaned off with an ordinary spatula.

On the bare base, they are passed with fine-grained sandpaper. It should be used as carefully as possible so as not to damage the surface.

You will have to suffer with the old interior door. It must be removed from the hinges, dismantled all the fittings, filled with cotton in the recesses for the locks and other technological holes. After that, you have to perform the following steps:

• Remove the existing layers of varnish and paint using the solution mentioned above or by heating the surface with a construction hairdryer or blowtorch. The last two tools are not used when it comes to structures made of veneer, chipboard, MDF.
• Thoroughly wash the doors with water, dry (required time - 3–6 hours), degrease.
• Sand the canvas with a machine, sandpaper.
• Fill holes and other defects. This is especially important when doors are planned to be painted white or varnish of a certain shade or glossy stain will be applied to the structure.
• After the leveling compound has dried, prime the product.

If the interior structure in the apartment, the house cannot be dismantled (for example, it was placed in the doorway along with the box), newspapers should be spread under it, prepared and painted without removing it from the hinges.

Decorating tool - roller, brush or spray gun?

Doors are painted using well-known working devices. Experienced self-taught painters use a spray bottle for this purpose. It guarantees fast and quality work. But not every home has such a tool.

If there is no spray gun, painting is done with a brush and roller. The use of the first one is associated with certain problems. It leaves streaks, pieces of lint, unevenly treated areas on the structure.

It is almost impossible to apply a thin layer of paint to an interior wood product with a brush. Therefore, it is used to decorate small areas of the door.

It is much more convenient to work with a roller. You need to choose a tool with a fur coat. It is better not to take foam rubber devices. They are corroded by nitro enamel and are not suitable for application with acrylic enamels.

Self-painting in a few simple steps

It is advisable to carry out the operation with a respirator and protective gloves. The can with the selected paint is opened, part of the composition is poured into another container, in which it is diluted with a solvent and stirred with a wooden stick.

The ready-made composition with the required consistency can be used for its intended purpose. Do-it-yourself painting of doors is done according to the following scheme:

• Panels, glazing beads, areas near decorative overlays, and other hard-to-reach places are processed with a brush (along the fibers).
• The main surface of the structure is painted with a roller.
• After the enamel has been applied to the entire door, you need to wait for it to dry.
• The canvas is turned over to the other side, which is painted according to a similar principle.
• Last but not least, the ends of the product are restored. The composition is applied to these areas as thinly as possible. Then the door leaf does not stick in the frame after restoration.

Final work - polishing. It is carried out with a sponge, which is fixed to a grinder or an electric drill.

It is recommended to apply the paint in two layers. The bottom line is that the first coat will make the wood slightly rough (the fibers will swell, this will lead to ruffling). The next layer will fill in the small holes between the wood particles and make the surface really smooth.

Locks and fittings are mounted back after the door has dried. And the handles will be correctly inserted on the structure already installed on the hinges.

Varnishing - what compounds are used?

Translucent and transparent varnishes are applied to wood in order to additionally protect it from negative influences (temperature drops, high humidity). According to the degree of gloss (level of light reflection), they are divided into:

• matte and semi-matte;
• semi, high and regular glossy.

Varnishes are made on water, oil, polymer, alkyd, urea or acrylic bases. They are selected taking into account the composition of the paint used.

Colored compositions have a specific shade. The cost of such mixtures is quite high. It is more rational to cover the doors with a stain, adding a suitable tinting component to it, and then treat the structure with a transparent varnish. This is the most economical way to give the canvas the required decorative properties.

Original options for painting doors

If the home craftsman has free time and is confident in his design talents, wooden structures can be made very bright and memorable. Examples of unusual colors are given below:

• A stencil with a pattern is created. It is applied to the surface of the interior product. A decorative composition is applied.
• The door is painted with alternating stripes of different shades. This method is appropriate for structures at the entrance to children's bedrooms and playrooms.
• Thin polyurethane baguettes or wooden slats are neatly stuffed onto the canvas in a planned manner. These inserts are decorated with a contrasting color of the enamel.

Some self-taught craftsmen paint doors in 3, 4 and even 5 shades, creating a kind of abstract paintings. To implement this technique, you will need masking tape and several brushes. The roller is not used in such situations.

An unusual structure on the interior structure is obtained in other ways. The technology of applying paint strokes is widespread:

• a sponge with large pores;
• compressed foil;
• a piece of rough denim;
• natural fur.

Wanting to make an original door decor, you need to make sure that it turns out to be beautiful and fully harmonizes with the interior of an apartment, a private house. Otherwise, the desire to stand out will lead to unpleasant results.

Features of working with laminated products - what to consider?

If wooden doors are covered with lamination, they cannot be painted over this layer. The enamel will easily adhere to such surfaces. But it will not last long on them.

From the described structures, the top coat is first removed (using a grinder). Then they are leveled with zero sandpaper.

The cleaned door is treated with white spirit, an antiseptic and a primer are applied to it. After a while (3-4 hours), the wooden product is painted. After the enamel has dried, the surface is decorated with varnish.

An important nuance! Be very careful when removing the lamination layer. If you go too deep into the structure, the wood will begin to crumble.

When starting a renovation, everyone means changing the interior of their home. One of the elements, the appearance of which will be subjected to changes, are doors. A more profitable and economical option would not be to replace, but to paint the old one. To do this, you need to know the door, especially since there are no special difficulties in this, and even with your own hands you can easily carry out this procedure. Such skills of a painter will be useful to you in the future and will significantly save part of the family budget.

How to paint old doors

When you decide to paint an old canvas, you will be faced with the following dilemma:

• paint over old paint;
• paint with removal of the old layer.

How to paint doors over old paint

Nothing complicated: just take and paint. But before that, you need to be very careful and patch up the cracks in the canvas. For that, you should use a putty. After the puttying process, it is worth sanding the surface with sandpaper. Once you've finished fixing these imperfections, the next step is to wash the surface well and let it dry completely. This is the advice of experienced workers.

How to paint with removing the old layer

In most cases, the paint layer on your door will not last long enough. The reasons may be as follows:

• paint may crack;
• burn out;
• over time, the protective properties of the paint are lost;
• can inflate.

For any of these reasons, you can use sodium hydroxide, carbolic acid, or potassium.

• Painting will be faster if your door stays on its hinges, as in this position you can paint on both sides at once. In this case, you do not need to wait for one side to dry.
• Before painting, you need to clean the surface with a saturated alcohol scrubber. With the help of alcohol, you will get rid of the dirt, and the washcloth will sand. Remove the door handles or cover with masking tape.
• To start staining is from the top, smoothly dropping down. Do not paint the side, as the wood may expand or shrink when the moisture level changes.
• Apply one coat of paint, let it dry. For color saturation, apply a second coat of paint.
• After the paint has dried, you can safely paint the side parts.

Important in the question of how to paint an interior door is the correct one:

• grooves should be painted with a wide brush;
• use a roller for wider areas;
• paint small details with an angled brush;
• for simple flat doors, use a wide soft roller.

An independent staining process is not such a difficult task that you can easily solve with your own hands. Moreover, if you paint yourself, you will significantly save your family budget, and thus you will constantly enjoy the fruits of your labors.