Spray Paint For Door Panels

Using semigloss exterior paint and a 2 inch angled sash brush with synthetic bristles paint around the edges of the panels.

Spray paint for door panels.

Vinyl and fabric coating. Finish with the outer sections. Once the doors were dry it was time to add the new hinges and knobs and rehang the doors. You can also ensure a perfect color match by buying a white primer and having it.

Begin by applying paint to the inside of the top panels. Highly recommend going this route if you have a bunch of doors to paint. Coat the recessed areas first and then the faces of the panels. Spraying the doors only required pockets of 10 15 minutes at a time and freed up a lot of time to do other things.

In this video i show you how to paint your door panels useing dupli color vinyl and fabric flat black for the f350 shop truck. Smooth out the paint working with the grain. I opted to remove the door just easier to paint that way and opted to spray paint since my door has a lot of raised panels to paint around. I needed to start with spray painting the trim before i removed the door.

The hardest part was taping and sealing off the trim around the door. Both can apply a flawless coat in minutes but hvlp is more forgiving. Aside from finish quality a sprayer will also save you hours of brushwork if you have several doors to paint. The color of the primer should also be close to that of the paint e g a light gray primer for a lilac door.

Switch to a mini roller for flat areas. To small and the primer or paint will exit the tip with fingers at each end of the spray fan and to big will deposit a large amount of paint on the doors surface when spraying a steel door i use a 311 or 313 spray tip with exterior acrylic and 310 fine finish or 311 with alkyd finishes. It produces a finer spray which reduces your chances of blasting on too much paint and creating runs.