Painting of wooden doors: step-by-step instruction

For those who started repair in their home, there will always be a couple of advice, how to save money and do on their own. Just a great savings option - painting wooden doors.

If we talk about saving money during repair, it is important to understand what can be saved to save, so that in the future I do not regret and not pay twice. If you just think to start renovation, first rate it and calculate the cost of materials. If wooden doors are installed in the room, do not rush to change them on a cheaper option (even a new one), modern inexpensive structures are not distinguished by durability, but can not go about wear resistance and speech. Plastic doors "under the tree" or hollow structures will not last long, besides, they still do not meet all the requirements. For example, sound insulation and maintenance of heat indoors. Therefore, it is so important to think carefully and take into account all the nuances. If there is a desire, it is better to leave the old wooden door and to do it with restoration. You can do otherwise - buy a new wooden door without coating and paint it yourself. Here immediately arises a lot of questions, what tools need and what to paint wooden doors.

How to paint a wooden door

In order for the door to really fit into the interior and looked harmoniously, it is important to choose the paint for wooden doors.

Wooden door staining options can be 2: with paint or varnish. Most often consumers prefer paintwork products, we will look at both options so that you have the opportunity to independently make a choice taking into account the color gamut of your room.

Options for staining of wooden doors:

1. Varnish. You can find several types of varnishes on sale: transparent with a glossy surface or colorless matte, as well as color. Regardless of this, after painting a wooden surface, the structure of the tree does not paint. As a result of the work done, you will see everything, especially the flaws of wood. If you processes a new wooden door, which was previously prepared, then there should be no problems. You can safely choose this type of paintwork material and start work. Another thing - if you gathered to restore the old door, which resistantly kept several stages of the restoration, in which case the lacquer is better not to use. The second point - when choosing varnishes, it is worth paying attention to the composition of the coating: the lacquer is based on the oil (alcohol) or based on the solvent (nitrolac). Just from the second option, it is better to refuse immediately, as the lacquer can spoil the tree. The ideal option is to use polyurethane varnish. It is stable and durable.
2. Dye. The huge range of this type of finishing material allows you to give a wooden surface the desired shade and view. Paint is matte, glossy and translucent (emphasizes the structure of the tree). It remains only to decide on the choice of paint, given some nuances: the material of the material must be alcohol or oil. Use and nitrocracy is allowed if you do not repel a strong smell.
3. There is another material - wax oil, which gives the surface a beautiful glossy shade. After the coating of wax, it seems that the tree has become silk. Wax-based oils can be both transparent and with a different tint so that the user has the opportunity to combine the material, reaching the desired effect.

If you want not only to save a family budget, but also to work as soon as possible, stop your choice on alkyd enamel. This kind of paint is widely used at present, in addition to low cost, alkyd enamel lies well, paint for doors without smell, durable and you will have the opportunity to choose any shade to make the doors harmoniously fit into the interior of the room.

Painting of interroom doors

How to paint the door to quickly cope with the task and not spoil the tree? This question is worried about many people who have decided to make repairs indoors on their own. The lion's share of success depends on the preparatory work, so you must first prepare the surface to painting.

For work, prepare such materials and tools:

• screwdriver or screwdriver;
• emery paper;
• putty on a tree;
• trowel or knife for work (can be purchased by Mastikhin);
• roller;
• 2 brushes (wide and narrow).

First you need to remove the door from the loops. To do this, use the screwdriver and carefully unscrew the accessories (all the bolts are best folded into the paper package so as not to lose, they will be more useful for you). If you do not want to shoot the door with the loops, then when painting it is important to avoid drowshes, and the resulting droplets of paint or varnish immediately eliminate. It is very uncomfortable and high quality paint the door will not work. So it's best to remove the door.

After you removed the door, it must be put on a horizontal smooth surface (table, stools, goat). Now it is important to remove paint from the old door (if you are painting a new wooden door, then you do not comply with these recommendations). Be sure to try to remove the old paint. If you apply a new layer of fresh paint on the old one, then when drying it, it will start cracking.

Remove the coating is best with a solvent (designed to remove paint). It must be applied to the entire stained surface, and then cover the doors with polyethylene and leave for several hours. It is important that during the execution of this part of the work in the room the windows were opened.

After the paint softened, it can be removed by hand with a spatula, and then clean the entire surface with a coarse-grained sandpaper or use the grinder and remove the softened paint, and then depart the surface.

After the surface is processed, it is important to carefully examine the doors, pay attention to dents and chips. If the tree is uneven, it is necessary to sharpen dents and chips, and wait, when the putty will dry completely. Then walk another time on the places where there is a layer of putty sandpaper to smooth the plots.

It remains quite a little bit, and you can already start working with paint. An important preparatory moment is the applying of primer. It will reduce the paint consumption and improve the adhesion of two materials. It is important that the primer is chosen correctly. For metal surfaces, it will be one type of material, and for wooden - special wood printing. If you purchased a finished wooden new door, then ideally it should already be prepared (stripped and processed by primer).

We proceed to staining the wooden door:

1. When the primer dries, you can start painting the doors. The choice of paint remains for you, but a acrylic or alkyd enamel or oil paint is suitable, which dries quickly, almost does not smell and keeps well.
2. Apply the paint is the best foam roller (you can take "fur" with short vile), not a tassel. You also need a brush to see the bottlenecks where the roller does not get. Choose high-quality brushes with hard bristles. It is very important that with painting do not fall out the veins, as they are very difficult to extract from the paint. When you buy brushes, pull the pile, he must "sit" hard.
3. It is best to apply the paint with a thin layer, between each layer you need to take a break so that the paint has managed to dry. It is important not only to observe this rule, but also grind the tree with a fine-grained skin.
4. When you clean the first layer of paint, do not forget to handle the door with alcohol to get rid of the smallest dust particles. If the garbage is a lot, you can turn on the vacuum cleaner.
5. Then we apply another layer of paint and check the result of the work done. If everything suits, wait, when the next layer of paint will dry up and proceed to the final stage of painting wooden doors.
6. You can go through the polishing circle with a soft sponge (not sandpaper) by the canvas. If you drop a few drops of polyroli on the surface, then the paint will be better glitter.

That's all that you need to observe when painting wooden doors. Very often we are faced with the fact that this work is dusty and many do not seek to keep all the technology, especially at home. Therefore, most often the work is only in proper paint. Naturally, this work should not be expected to wait for high results, especially if the doors are cleaned, without removing with the loops, and then a layer of paint was applied to the surface. As a result, very often in those places where many material has accumulated, the paint swells and even disappears. Therefore, do not be lazy and work on the "excellent", in compliance with technology.

How to create a tree imitation effect:

• paint the door canvas paint (suitable beige, yellowish or gray paint);
• tassel applied on the door liquid soap;
• mobile on top of dark paint;
• soap will wash off by itself.

If you did everything right, then you should get a beautiful door with a natural pattern. In order not to spoil the surface, it is possible to practice at low-speed areas.

Painting wooden doors varnish

If your task is not to stain in the doors of color paint, you can do only with varnish. To do this, you will need a veil and varnish, as well as roller, tassels and greasy tape.

A few words about choosing a material:

1. Acrylic varnish absolutely does not smell, it is non-toxic, made on a water basis, durable enough. If you need to add a special hardener to enhance the coating strength.
2. Varnish on a polyurethane basis is very durable, applied to the primer, as it has a dark shade.
3. Nitrolac is a popular inexpensive material made on the basis of a solvent. It is best to apply with the help of a kraskopulture, very toxic, so it does not fit for home use.
4. Alkyd varnish - waterproof, long dries, the base is a solvent, so when applied, you need to take care of the ventilation of the room. Laches during the day. To speed up the process of drying, experts recommend adding hardeners.

For wood, you can find a lot of varnishes on sale, but not everyone can use at home. There is some kind of rule when choosing a varnish - the toxic product, the more stronger.

We have already described the preparatory part of the work earlier, you need to remove the layer of paint or varnish with the old door. If you purchased a new wooden door, then it is ready for painting.

Getting Started:

1. Finished for staining the surface is moisturizing from the spray gun so that the tree does not have time to absorb the extra liquid from the veil. It is still necessary for the material layer to lay exactly.
2. Prayes first horizontally our door with a verse (it is best to work with a wide brush or velor roller). Work along the fibers, and then change the direction and proceed again the door canvas.
3. After drying the veil, the door will be a little lighter than during operation. If you want to get more juicy, then you should apply a few more layers of material.
4. If you did not remove the door with the loops, then you need to see not only the door at the same time, but also the door box so that it looks harmoniously.
5. Using a roller or tassels, begin to apply lacquer from the top of the door on the left side of the corner. Work in one direction - from left to right. Krable the cloth to the end, then wait until the top layer will dry. For drying, varnish may need more time than for drying paint. It is better to immediately take into account this moment and prepare a working corner in advance, take care that the surfaces of dust and garbage will not fall on the surface of the surface.
6. Further, after the first layer of varnish is dropped, re-apply a layer of material, only now we change the direction - we do frequent strokes along the fibers.
7. We again wait when the layers are dried and applied varnish, changing the direction of the brush - in the opposite direction.
8. After the door serves, it can be returned to the previous place.

Little Tip: When you paint the door to the leaf of varnish, so as not to spoil the tool, wrap the brush and roller in the plastic bag. You can, of course, keep the tool and in a can with varnish, but per day, while the thin layer of varnish will dry, an open bank with a paintwork can also begin to deteriorate (the solvent has a body evaporate).

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