Painting Sliding Closet Doors

Protect glass image zoom carefully mask off the glass with blue painter s tape.

Painting sliding closet doors.

Using a glossy paint makes it easier to clean the doors. Flat doors take well to paint rollers while doors with panels decorative insets or slats are best painted with a brush. I recently painted my bedroom including painting white the stained trim around the windows. Cover the floor with an old sheet.

If possible mask both sides of. This project works best on single door closets or folding doors but avoid using this idea on sliding doors. Give your closet doors some dimensional interest with little more than paint and canvas stretchers or frames. When painting a paneled door begin with the recessed panels then the horizontal rails and.

Tape off the outside border of the door frame with more wrapping paper. To remove the door wedge a flathead screwdriver or chisel in the joint between the hinge and the top of the hinge pins. Painting sequence for a sliding door step 1. If possible take the door off its hinges and set it on 2 sawhorses.

I then removed the circular door handles. Spray a light. We gave them a whole new look. Secure old wrapping paper to the border of each piece of glass with painter s tape.

First step was to wash down the doors to remove any residue or dust. After you sand the door wash the door with a diluted. Painting sliding glass doors aluminum is the same thing just tape off all the surrounding glass and put painter s film or painter s paper to mask off the sliding glass door frame. Begin by painting the edges with a brush.

The first thing we did was my hubby took down the doors for me. This makes painting the top and bottom of the door. Then use a 4 or 6 inch paint roller to roll a layer of chalkboard paint on all in one direction such as vertical. I didn t need to sand since these doors aren t wood but if you have wooden closet doors you would want to use a medium and then fine grit sandpaper to prep the surface for paint like these 3m advanced abrasives.

First paint the door with a base color of your choosing. After the first coat is dry roll another coat of paint on in the other direction which would be horizontal if you went vertical first. This prepares the surface for paint making it adhere to the door better. Don t forget to paint the edges of the doors.

Place the door flat on the sawhorses. Then i applied this wall covering primer to the doors. Instructions use the multi purpose cleaner to clean the doors and sliding track really well. The last step was to update our sliding closet doors.