painting old garnished doors with peeling paint
#1
03-12-14, 02:14 PM
painting old garnished doors with peeling paint
I have 60 year old doors and trim that have been painted over top of varnish with two coats of paint that is peeling. the flat trim is no problem I have taI have 60 year old doors and trim that have been painted over top of varnish with two coats of paint that is peeling. the flat trim is no problem I have taken all the paint off and sanded with 60 grit with an orbital sander, my problem is with the doors. the doors have 5 panels and each panel has a three tier route. I have gotten all the paint out of the tiers but when I apply paint remover to remove the varnish it is gumming up in the tiers and won't come off all the way.do I need to remove the varnish or or just go over the tiers with dry number 2 steelwool and just paint with oil base primer and top with latexken all the paint off and sanded with 60 grit with an orbital sander, my problem is with the doors. the doors have 5 panels and each panel has a three tier route. I have gotten all the paint out of the tiers but when I apply paint remover to remove the varnish it is gumming up in the tiers and won't come off all the way.do I need to remove the varnish or or just go over the tiers with dry number 2 steelwool and just paint with oil base primer and top with latex
#2
03-12-14, 02:17 PM
A pic or two might be helpful - http://www.doityourself.com/forum/el...-pictures.html
I had a hard time following your post
Generally when stripping a door you scrape off what you can, neutralize the stripper [if necessary], sand, prime and paint.
I had a hard time following your post
Generally when stripping a door you scrape off what you can, neutralize the stripper [if necessary], sand, prime and paint.
#3
03-12-14, 05:19 PM
I did this thread on my cell phone and was copying as I was composing and accidentally pasted and didn't realize it, now I can't fix it because of the 180 minute limit
#5
03-13-14, 05:17 AM
I'm not sure exactly what you mean by 'tiers' but if you are referring to the molding between the panels and the flat frame of the door you have to options, sandpaper/steel wool or using a small profile scraper. As long as you are painting the door it doesn't have to be perfect. Sanding the best you can before and between coats of primer/paint along with the thickness of the paint will fill in a lot of the discrepancies.
Paint won't likely make the cracks in the panels disappear, if you want you can fill them with spackling or joint compound, just be sure to sand it all off when dry - that will leave the filler just in the cracks, smoothing out the panel.
Paint won't likely make the cracks in the panels disappear, if you want you can fill them with spackling or joint compound, just be sure to sand it all off when dry - that will leave the filler just in the cracks, smoothing out the panel.
