You have to lay down the paint and smooth it out before it becomes too sticky to work with or so stiff that brush marks won t level out and disappear.
Painting pine panel doors.
Wipe off the dust with a brush.
Starting with the first section paint the detailed parts of the top two panels with your 2 tapered paint brush.
Rather than simply painting the door from top to the bottom you can get the best paint job by painting paneled doors in a certain order.
But interior doors are often paneled and should be painted in the following order.
Coat the recessed areas first and then the faces of the panels.
Painting the rest of the door the next step is to basically paint the rest of the door.
It also helps the finish paint cover with fewer coats.
If your doors are brand new and unpainted and constructed of timber e g.
But it only works when the undertones are right.
Within each section there are two detailed recessed panels and 7 flat faces.
Using a high density mini foam paint roller start by painting the middle section with the grain of the wood not against it up and down in a vertical fashion and then paint the horizontal sections of the door from left to right.
Choose a green with an undertone like your paneling usually warm yellow and you can ramp up all that outdoor freshness.
For a standard 6 panel door this is the order to go in.
Smooth out the paint working with the grain.
Start by painting the edges of the door with either the brush or roller.
Wipe it down with a damp rag just before painting.
Begin by applying paint to the inside of the top panels.
The louver primed doors are constructed with a solid pine core that provides a much quieter environment than hollow core doors.
Pine then what you are really going to need to do to get the best finish is to apply one coat of primer one coat of undercoat or indeed one coat of a combined primer and undercoat and then your top coat.
When painting a panel door a paint brush may be more effective than a roller.
Start with a dust free door.
Have the home center or paint store tint the primer to a grayish color to help cover the underlying varnish.
Be sure to roll in line with the wood grain pattern.
Then go back with your roller and roll the flat faces around the detail.
Our unique integral panel design will not shrink or split and there is no possibility of stile and rail separation.
Then roll on a coat of bin or kilz available at home centers for about 8 per quart.
The basic technique for painting a flat door is long smooth brush strokes or vertical roller strokes.
Oh wait those are the colors of a pine tree green and brown.