How to paint a wood door yourself

How to paint the door under the tree? Such a question is completely non-trivial. After all, it is this decoration option that allows you to transform the old door leaf or finish the newly acquired one. It should be noted that the work requires a certain diligence and accuracy. It is impossible to simply apply the paint to the surface, it is necessary to perform a series of interrelated steps.

There are various compositions that allow you to paint the door. Each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages. Care must be taken in the choice of materials.

Nitro paint

The coating obtained by applying such a composition has many advantages. They lie in the fact that the surface is very reliable and resistant to various influences. The service life is calculated in tens of years. During this period, the paint practically does not lose its original color.


Nitroenamel - creating a reliable coating

But such advantages slightly spoil the existing disadvantages:

  1. A separate room is required for work. If the process is carried out at home, then it must be borne in mind that the smell will be very sharp, and its weathering time will be more than two days.
  2. Evaporation that occurs within 2 days is not safe for humans.
  3. The cost of the material is very high. Especially if the paint is used with a varnish of suitable quality.

Of course, such negative factors relate only to the technology of use.

A fairly common option that has a rich color palette. Preference should be given exclusively to compounds labeled for internal use. A distinctive feature of the material is its low cost. It is this factor that explains the popularity of alkyd enamel.


Alkyd enamel - a finish available to everyone

There is one negative point. It lies in the fact that the paint has a very pungent odor. It should be borne in mind that this unpleasant moment persists even after the coating has dried. This feature makes it difficult to use the material.

It is safe to say that this composition is the most versatile. The fact is that painting is quite simple, and the absence of smell only increases the advantages of the material.

Many masters rightly notice that this enamel has an insufficient service life. But such an omission is easy to eliminate if acrylic varnish is used as a fixing (finish) coating. It will not only protect the surface, but also retain the original color for a long time.


Acrylic paint - easy to apply and odorless

On a note! Wooden material (MDF, laminate, timber), from which the elements of the door structure are made, is very unstable to moisture. For such work, you should choose compositions that are marked - "waterproof".

Imitation of wood on various door materials

How to paint a wooden door with your own hands? There are technologies that allow you to imitate a wood pattern on various materials from which doors are made.

To recreate the surface of the tree, you need to repeat the combination of two colors. The main shade is a light tone, a darker one acts as an additional one. It is important to consider that the finishing composition must be identical for all processes.


Painting under a tree involves the use of two colors of different lightness

General procedure

All work begins with general activities, which are as follows:


On a note! It is better to give preference to combs that are sold in stores. They already have an imitation of various fibers. Of course, such a device can be made independently. But the effect may not be what was intended.

Wooden door processing

Indeed, wooden structures also need wood-like painting. This can happen for various reasons: the old coating has lost its former appearance, I wanted to change the general appearance of the interior, cheaper material is ennobled under a more expensive one.

The general procedure is the same as described above, but there are some nuances:

  • The cleaned surfaces are impregnated with solutions of drying oil and a special primer.
  • Base paint can be replaced with varnish. Its color should match the desired shade.
  • If the surface is well treated with an iron brush, then you can get a natural and very embossed texture.

Naturally, work with natural wooden doors is much easier. Such halts are also characteristic of MDF products.

Painting of plastic and metal doors

The staining process practically repeats the general procedure. But it should be borne in mind that polymeric materials are easily damaged, so it is necessary to carry out all processes in such a way as to exclude damage to parts.

Of course, plastic doors are painted under wood much less often, but still, if it was decided to do this, then some features must be taken into account:

  1. Many polymers, for example, polyethylene, polypropylene, simply cannot be painted. Therefore, you should immediately decide on the type of polymer.
  2. Sanding must be done with extreme care. A primer is used as an impregnating agent, which has high adhesion. For work, materials are selected that are suitable for a specific type of product.
  3. Coloring compositions are applied on a water basis.

On a note! A paint brush is best for applying paint. The roller should be excluded from this process. The fact is that it does not give such an imitation of the relief.

Sometimes the question arises of how to paint a metal door under a tree? Don't worry, the process is not labor intensive. It is only necessary to take into account the following nuances:

  • It often happens that after painting metal parts, you can find that there are unpainted areas or delamination. This situation occurs due to the fact that the surface has not been treated with highly adhesive primer compositions.
  • Any areas of corrosion that have not been removed will result in "saffron spots".

It doesn't matter what material the doors are made of. To imitate wood, you only need to adhere to the existing rules, as well as show a little imagination and diligence.

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