Comments on: How To Paint A Front Door + The Best Front Door Paint

By: Teresa

Teresa — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 16:34:18 +0000

Wish I found your information 3 weeks ago! So I used Tricorn Black SW outdoor resilience gloss 3 weeks ago with a great small foam roller after I sanded and fine sanded the red. The first two coats looked magnificent in terms of smoothness, but my husband thought it needed one more just to cover a couple more areas that didn’t look as evenly dark. I recently moved to the NE where it is much more humid than no humidity Colorado. When the builder painted my avg HD door red last December, it really didn’t even itself out and not look uneven until probably April or May. Long story short, after third coat and letting adequate dry time Btwn coats, it is evenly black, but not smooth and I can see roller marks. The temp has been in the 50’s and 60’s while painting and afterward, under a covered porch.

By: Patty

Patty — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 13:10:27 +0000

What type of sprayer do you use? We recently returned one because it didn’t work very well.

By: Emma

Emma — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 20:46:33 +0000

I have one of those doors with window panes ie two small squares on top and then rectangles below them. I’m insanely detail oriented and so I did it in sections, taping off and letting it dry, then painting sections that went a different direction. It took a lot of time but it looks so much better than if I’d painted it all in one phell swoop. It’s a dark turquoise and it perked up my beige house tremendously. And now I’m doing the DIY Sharpie diamond wallpaper in my entry way. It’s going to be so lovely when it’s all finished!

By: Jaclyn

Jaclyn — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 12:44:58 +0000

In reply to Tere.

My door was doing the same thing! It was so bad that I could just chip it all off with a drywall knife. So I did! I guess the builder didn’t even prime the metal. I went to home Depot and they said for metal I needed to use a bonding primer. So I did a coat or two of that and then used Benjamin Moore outdoor paint. My door is South facing so it gets a lot of sun and I’ve had no problems with chipping of any kind and it’s been 6 years since I painted it! I haven’t even needed to do touch ups!
And I love your doors Mandi!! ?

By: Kari

Kari — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 05:06:02 +0000

Interesting. I’ve painted my front door with latex, and it has never faded. Maybe because I put a top coat on. I painted my kids’ playscape with exterior paint, and it has held up great compared to its front door that I spray painted, though!

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 04:35:12 +0000

Literally just painted the door to my garage. Used SW paint and floetrol with a foam roller and got a super smooth finish. It was hot out too, so the floetrol really helped prevent the paint from getting tacky and gloppy.

By: Jason Welch

Jason Welch — Tue, 10 Jul 2018 02:23:47 +0000

If you are using an airless sprayer, you can use a fine finish tip and use low pressure. Its definitely worth the cost of the tip. It creates a beautiful finish. And uses way less material.

By: laura

laura — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 20:41:58 +0000

Love these suggestions. Our house colors are shades of browns and I really, really, really want to paint my front door a grey! Our stone-ucco has shades of browns and greys which I think means it’s a project if the heat drops here in Denver for a day! laura

By: Tere

Tere — Mon, 09 Jul 2018 20:15:02 +0000

What a beautiful door. I have not painted the outside of my front door, but successfully painted the inside with a milk paint. My door is metal, and is chipping on the outside. Any suggestions from you or other readers on how to successfully paint the exterior of a metal front door would be appreciated. xoxo