Steps for painting a door.
What kind of paint on metal front door.
Remove the hardware from the door and place it somewhere safe.
Then apply 2 coats of the primer letting it dry after each coat.
Before you apply the primer and paint lightly sand the door with 400 grit sandpaper so the primer and paint will stick to it better.
To paint a steel door you ll need exterior paint and an oil based primer designed specifically for metal.
Since your door will be exposed to rain sun wind and other elements you ll need flexible and mold resistant exterior paint.
Add two coats of paint letting each dry completely.
Remove the door from its hinge pins with the hammer and place it on the sawhorses.
If the finish is free of cracking and peeling but simply needs a fresh coat the surface can be lightly sanded and cleaned and a fresh coat of glidden premium exterior paint can be applied.
Lightly sand the door with 400 grit sandpaper.
Pour the paint into a tray.
Latex based exterior paint is the most flexible type and is quite popular.
The most common kinds of exterior door paint are acrylic resin or latex based and with a semi gloss finish.
It fills in larger imperfections on.
For a door made of pine white fir or another wood species that doesn t bleed i e gives off tinted compounds in wood called tannins go with a water based exterior paint such as behr.