Hi. I purchased a Therma Tru fiberglass door with two panels and a six-boxed glass window near the top. For the exterior side I purchased a gallon of Valspar exterior paint (the Reserve product line that is primer + paint) in rare wine color (purple) and Satin finish. I purchased a quart of Valspar Reserve exterior semi-gloss white for the interior side. Also bought a quart of Valspar exterior all weather primer for the border and cross sections of the glass window (looks like molded plastic and the manufacturer said that's the only thing required to be primed before painting). Never painted a door before but here's my game plan: Clean with tsp solution and sponge Wipe down with sponge using clean water only and let dry Paint the primer on glass border material with small black foam pad Spray two light coats of Valspar Reserve semi-gloss white paint on interior side and edge Spray two light coats of Valspar Reserve exterior rare wine colored paint on exterior side and edge Have a professional install the door. I plan on using the Wagner Flexio 720 spray gun (once I practice on something else). I noticed there is a sequence of areas to paint first and last so I'll follow that advice. Are there any other suggestions to make this project a success? Random questions: Should I do interior side first? If I wait a couple hours for first coat of paint to dry, will the spray gun dry up or can I spray a second coat without cleaning the gun after the first coat. If my spray gun is known for over spray should I practice using a quicker spray technique? Is a quart enough for two coats of white on the interior side when using spray gun? My door came pre-hung and I took it off the frame. Should I paint the frame and the long wooden pieces that came on the side before the door is installed? Thanks for reading. Really appreciate any tips you have to offer!

I wont go into a lot of background but after much interviewing & referrals, I settled on a painter for a flooded house. Even after doing all the things I should have done to find a professional painter, we got problems. The ceiling & were fair. Then came the cabinets & vanities. I guess he put a guy he got out of the ditch this morning on my cabinets. They are horrible. This is what I have to deal with now. Again, I wont go into specific but he's been fired & I am about to start a civil suit. Lets just leave all the "shoulda" & "whys" out of the story. It is what it is & I gotta move on. The cabinets apparently were painted with latex paint & thick, really thick, right out of the can. So think in fact it was [I]still[/I] wet more than a week later... honestly... MORE than a week later. I had another painter come over that I had used before about 10 years ago to look at it & advise. I could tell he wasnt overly interested in tackling the job. At this point, we were so broken hearted over the mess that we didn't even go back over there for another two weeks. After two weeks, my wife took off work for a week & attempted to strip the cabinet doors. She did good but it took her all week just to strip the doors. They are now down to the wood. However, the cabinets are still a mess. I finally decided I need to get this project back on track, so I called two more painters to come look & advise. At this point, it appears the paint is dried completely & is not as bad as it was. Of the three painters, two says they will have to be stripped to get this right. They say the latex cant be sanded. One says he can sand it down to get the drips & smears out, then repaint. I am no painter but I say this cant be sanded.... but again, I am no painter. One painter says he can take a good heat gun & the latex paint will peel off. Because it looks like this is going to cost $2000+ to correct the cabinets, my wife & I are at the point now where we are about convinced just to get out the drips & smudges (where someone put there hand in it & smeared it)... and let it ride. 1) can I sand the drips & smears out? 2) Should I use stripper (or some other method) to get out the bad spots? 3) if I use stripper or some other method to remove bad spots, will I be able to repaint these spots & make it look like one paint job or will we be able to see where we "patched"?