Outdoor is an easy decision.
Best type of paint for wood doors.
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.
Prep work for painting you can paint your door in place or remove it from the hinges if you have a storm or glass door to protect your home and keep bugs and debris from floating into your home.
Paint a section at a time.
Just use an interior exterior combo.
If the door was originally painted with latex paint priming should be unnecessary.
For the best type of reflection on your doors you have to go with high gloss paint.
The type of primer you use also needs to match the type of paint you use latex or oil based.
Higher gloss paint can also bring out the natural beauty of certain types of door materials.
If you re painting an exterior outside door use exterior paint.
If it was painted with oil based paint prime before using a latex based paint.
Using semigloss exterior paint and a 2 inch angled sash brush with synthetic bristles paint around the edges of the.
Inside doors can be painted with interior paint.
Nothing else short of using metal or glass on the door will give you that high degree of shine that is commonplace in many interior design styles.
If your door is paneled start with the panels.