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| We have some stained wood doors in our house that have seen better days. I want to sand them down and repaint them all white but unsure what paint to use.
Since latex paint has a tendency to stick and oil based paint yellows over time what else is there? Someone at my boyfriend's work said it's better to use spray paint from a can. I've never heard of that. Is that a wise choice? |
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| Spray cans would work, but you would need a lot of them so at some point it becomes an exercise in wasting money. Plus, the paint in a can of spray paint is thinned down so that it will spray nicely through the small nozzle so in the end it may not be as durable as a full strength paint and it may not cover well. The absolute best way to paint a door is with real paint through a real paint sprayer but I know this is hard for a DIY'er to do. Latex paint may have a tendency to stick but after 30 days of full cure, this will be less of a problem. Plus, oil paint won't hold up to paint touching other painted surfaces either. You can adjust the doors so that no painted surfaces touch each other by tweaking the hinges a bit, sanding or sometimes we may even move the door stop a smidge. Ideally, you want the door to just hang free when it is closed. I would use BIN as the primer after a good sanding and then two coats of a high quality 100 percent acrylic paint. |
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- Posted by freckles81 (My Page) on Sun, May 30, 10 at 12:59
| We do have a paint sprayer that we bought for painting our cabinets. So we could use that to paint the doors. Are you talking about the BIN shellac based primer? Where would I buy acrylic paint? Can you give me a brand name to look for? |
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| Yes, that is the BIN. Acrylic paints are 'latex' paints, but they should say on the can somewhere 100 percent acrylic, which is what you want. A regular latex paint will have some vinyl component and is usually cheaper and it will not hold up as well or apply as nicely. Some examples are BM's Aura, BM's Waterborne Satin Impervo, SW's Pro Classic, Cabinet Coat, Muralo Ultra. |
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