If the entrance or interior wooden door has lost its former attractiveness, this is not a reason to part with it forever. It is enough to simply paint such a door with your own hands to give it a second life or competently fit it into the design of a new interior. In addition, wood coating with paint or varnish also performs protective functions.
Do-it-yourself painting of wooden doors- the easiest way to repair and does not cause any difficulties in the process. However, in this seemingly simple matter, there are many nuances, without knowing which it will be quite problematic to paint a wooden door correctly, beautifully and with high quality. Therefore, we advise you to familiarize yourself with the recommendations and materials of this lesson so that your work is not in vain!
How to paint wooden doors?
The choice of paints and varnishes for coloring wood is very wide and sometimes you can’t do without the help of a specialist. Conventionally, paint is divided into two categories:
- transparent coatings, which include varnishes, special impregnations and protective glazes. When applied to the surface of doors, they do not hide the structure of the tree, which is often used by designers when decorating. Clear coats are often applied to new interior or exterior doors as a protective layer.
- opaque paints, which include compositions based on organic solvents with the addition of pigments that give the paint color. In particular, these are oil paints, alkyd or acrylic enamels and nitro paints.
Alkyd enamel is the most popular due to a variety of colors, affordable price and good durability. Its significant drawback is a persistent pungent odor, which disappears for a very long time.
Acrylic enamel practically does not smell, dries quickly, has a large selection of colors, but the surface painted with such paint will be matte. The price of acrylic enamels is quite high, which somewhat limits its use. In addition, acrylic enamel must be additionally coated with acrylic varnish, which also increases its cost.
The most durable and durable is nitro paint, but its fumes are very toxic, so painting is recommended in a well-ventilated area or on the street.
The main aspect when choosing paint for interior doors should be environmental friendliness. For entrance doors, the protective function of the paint plays an important role. Sometimes wooden doors you can just varnish them and they will look much better than if they were painted with paint. And the price of a varnished door will be significantly lower.
Preparing wooden doors for painting
At the initial stage, entrance or interior wooden doors for painting with your own hands need to be properly prepared. The quality of painting will ultimately depend on how responsibly and carefully you approach the implementation of this work.
So, to begin with, it is necessary to completely remove all old coatings from the surface of the door leaf: paint, varnish, primer, putty. First, peeled or cracked layers of paint are removed with a spatula or scraper. Then the surface of the door is carefully polished grinder or coarse sandpaper. The surface is then cleaned with a jn gskb vacuum cleaner.
However, the tedious work of removing old paint can be done in other ways:
- Thermal way. It is carried out using a building hair dryer, a thermal gun or a conventional blowtorch. Under influence high temperature the paint softens, which is then easily removed with a conventional spatula. Thus, it is possible to remove even if there are several layers of old paint. But this method is not suitable for doors that have glass elements and plastic fittings. Therefore, during the heat treatment, if possible, the glass must be removed and the door fittings removed.
- Chemical method (wash). It is carried out using organic solvents or special additives to them. These products are universal and dissolve many types of paints and varnishes. With a brush, cloth, roller or spray, the products are applied to the surface. Then, after a few minutes, after the old coating swells and peels off, it is removed with a scraper or spatula. To remove a thick layer of old paint, a chemical wash is carried out several times.
Preliminary preparation is the most time-consuming stage, since it is necessary to remove the old layer, using any method, to the very wood.
When removing old layers of paint by thermal or chemical means, take the necessary precautions!
Very often it is found that the wood under the paint has darkened over time. In such cases, the wood must be treated with chlorine-containing bleach, which is diluted in water in proportions of 1:3.
After cleaning the surface of the door from the old coating, it is visually inspected for the presence of existing defects. Cracks and irregularities are sealed with wood putty.
After removing the old coating and eliminating defects, door leaf sanded with medium grit sandpaper and then with fine grit sandpaper. Next, we remove the dust with a vacuum cleaner, wipe the door surface using a damp cloth, dry it and proceed to painting. How to prepare entrance or interior doors from wood to painting can be seen in the video.
Do-it-yourself painting of wooden doors
For the convenience of painting, the door leaf must be removed from the hinges and placed horizontally on two stools, either on a desktop or on special goats. This will ensure that the paint is evenly applied to the door surface.
If it is not possible to remove the door leaf from the hinges, then it must be blocked with wedges in such a position as to provide access to all parts to be painted. In addition, the door lock is needed so that it does not accidentally close and does not damage the freshly applied paint layer.
If the doors are with glass and you don't want to take them out, then just cover the glass with paper or film and fix it with masking tape. After painting, the masking tape must be removed immediately, without waiting for the paint to dry. Fixed parts of door fittings should also be tightly wrapped with paper or foil and secured with tape. It is also necessary to seal and fix the door lock mechanisms with tape.
Do-it-yourself painting of wooden doors is carried out in at least two stages. The first coat of paint acts as a primer. Small details and corners are painted with a panel brush. Large and free areas of the door leaf are painted with a roller. Also, the coloring of wooden doors can be done using an airbrush. After drying, we grind the primer layer with fine sandpaper and remove dust. This is necessary so that the second coat of paint fits evenly and tightly to the first.
The paint that will be used as a primer is selected a few tones lighter than the final decorative coating so that it does not affect the final color of the door leaf.
The second coat of paint is the final one and is applied as a decorative coating. After complete drying (usually about three days), the door can also be varnished.
Depending on the design of the entrance or interior wooden door, different color schemes are used. So, the panel door canvas is first painted across, for example, from left to right. Further, as the first layer dries out, the door leaf is painted in the longitudinal direction. Then, after the second layer has dried, the staining ends in the direction opposite to the first stage (from right to left).
Paneled doors are first painted with a brush from the recesses, and then painted with a roller according to the panel door painting scheme, which is presented above.
Painting entrance or interior wooden doors can and should be done with your own hands. Then the cost of work will be determined only by the prices of paints and varnishes. And this, you see, will be a good savings than if you ordered the painting of wooden doors.
Interior doors are an important interior element. They not only delimit space and protect rooms from noise, odors, drafts and dust, but also emphasize their specific style, giving completeness and transforming the atmosphere as a whole. Therefore, if interior doors have lost their original appearance over time, then they must be put in order. Otherwise, even the most luxurious repair against their background will look unpresentable. And painting interior doors will help in this.
Compared to the complete replacement of the door leaf, this event, which you can easily handle with your own hands, is quite inexpensive. And the result with the help of it can be achieved no worse if you do everything right and give free rein to your imagination a little. So, how to paint interior doors, what is needed for this and what color to choose for them? In all this further and we will understand.
Choosing a shade for an interior door
The interior is considered ideal when all its elements, including interior doors, are harmoniously matched to each other. Moreover, the design has important principle- in terms of color, all doors should preferably be identical, due to which a single holistic picture is created in the house.
But, since different rooms are often decorated in it in separate stylistic and color directions, then, at first glance, it can be difficult to immediately find the “golden mean” in the shade of interior doors. In these difficult cases, designers often focus on the colors of the main premises of the home:
- hallways;
- halls;
- living rooms.
And when this does not help, then the interior doors of all rooms outside (relative to the corridor) can be painted in one color, and from the inside of a separate room - in another. Also, to make the task easier, when choosing the tone of interior doors, designers advise paying attention to many details directly in each room:
- walls;
- ceiling;
- floors;
- plinth;
- furniture;
- decor items, including textiles.
For example, if the floors repeat the color and texture of wood, then they can be painted in identical shades. In general, it is believed that natural wood colors are a universal solution for interior doors, since in this case they fit perfectly into almost any design, harmonizing perfectly with the floor, furniture, and decor items.
For people who prefer bold solutions and originality, the color of such products can be matched to the design of the walls. At the same time, it is better to make the shade of the doors a tone higher or lower - this will visually highlight them. As for light and dark variations, in the first case, interior doors will visually expand the premises, creating a laconic light atmosphere in them, and in the second case, they will make the space more strict and restrained.
Choosing the type of coloring composition
All paints can be conditionally divided into transparent and pigmenting compositions. The first includes varnishes, which are more suitable if the wooden doors do not have serious defects and they are planned to simply be refreshed without changing color. But, since these elements of the interior - functional structures that are in constant use, then due to this, noticeable chips, cracks and other flaws very often appear on them, spoiling appearance.
Therefore, often for a high-quality restoration of the door leaf, an elementary varnish coating is not enough. For this purpose, it is desirable to use pigmented paints that can mask and eliminate more serious defects.
In addition to color, paints differ in their composition. The choice of their type for this parameter will directly depend on what interior doors are made of. Paying attention to the table below, you can understand in which cases it is better to use one or another type of coating composition.
| The material from which the interior door is made | Recommended paint type |
|---|---|
| array | Completely wooden products can be painted with almost any paint. For example, all products based on oils and alkyd enamel have proven themselves well in this case. These materials have a wide range of colors and after drying form a resistant, durable coating. They have practically no drawbacks, except for the strong smell that is felt in the room for 3-4 days after painting the canvases. When there is a restoration of interior doors with your own hands in a house where there are children, of course, it is better to use acrylic enamel. It is odorless, non-toxic and dries quickly. But its main drawback is its fragile and short-lived surface. |
| MDF | It is advisable to paint MDF doors with compositions that simultaneously include tone and varnish (colored varnishes). Such paints help to preserve the texture of the material on such canvases and mask any existing defects. |
| Veneer | For veneered interior doors, it is highly not recommended to use nitro-paints, since this composite material does not tolerate moisture. After applying such compounds, ugly spots may form on them. Veneer doors are best painted with polyurethane or glyptal compounds. They do not have a strong smell, so they are comfortable to work with. As for the choice of color, then according to this parameter they can be selected for every taste. |
| By inherent characteristics | Anticorrosive, moisture resistant, heat-protective, antiseptic. |
| By place of application | Universal or separately for outdoor and internal works. |
Whatever paint is chosen, in any case, it should be intended for interior work. Moreover, if there is strong moisture in the room where the interior door is located (kitchen, bathroom), then the compositions will certainly be selected with moisture-resistant qualities.
Coloring technology
In addition to acquiring paint, for the restoration of interior doors, you will need to prepare such a tool and additional building materials as:
- sandpaper of medium and fine grit;
- putty on wood;
- solution for removing the old coating (20% technical carbolic acid, caustic potash or sodium);
- sponge;
- putty knife;
- cotton swabs;
- primer;
- construction tape;
- flat brushes of various widths;
- roller;
- container for paint;
- stairs;
- screwdriver
After that, you can proceed to the preparatory work so that the door is suitable for paint. This stage consists of the following steps:
After finishing preparatory work the door leaf must be completely ready for painting. This process itself includes the following steps:
Finally, it should be noted that do-it-yourself painting of interior doors should be carried out in rooms with closed windows where there are no drafts and dust. If everything is done as described above, then the doors in the house will again look like new. At the same time, their owner will not spend a lot of money either on the masters or on the paint itself, because the cost of these compositions of any type is now available to everyone.
In a harmonious interior, every detail is important. This applies not only to furniture and decor, but also to elements such as doors. Without these components, no modern dwelling can exist. The door leaf should be not only functional, but also attractive in order to successfully complement the existing ensemble. Often the owners want to update the doors, but do not know how to do it right. Today we will talk about how best to paint this element of the home to make it even more attractive.
Advantages
It's no secret that over time, all the details in the interior wear out and gradually lose their original appearance. Better and more reliable materials age a little more slowly, while inexpensive and non-natural materials age much earlier. Noticing that the interior or Entrance door in the dwelling has lost its external attractiveness, many owners want to restore its former attractiveness.
A good solution to this issue is the usual painting. Fortunately, modern manufacturers produce coatings that easily fit not only on wooden canvases, but also on metal or plastic surfaces, so you can choose the best paint for any material.
However, often people turn to such an update of the door structure, not because it is very worn out and requires restoration, but in order to revive the interior a little and bring fresh colors to it.
Do not underestimate the role of the door leaf and its colors in the interior, as often such elements radically change the tone of the ensemble and give it one style or another.
Lacquer coatings are good not only because they decorate and update the doors, but also in the choice of shades. Today in stores you can find mixtures of not only classic and neutral, but also the most unexpected and even acidic tones. This suggests that the modern consumer is free to create absolutely any interior, from classic to crazy avant-garde.
Many users prefer painting doors also due to the fact that everyone can handle this process. It is not too complicated and does not require special knowledge and skills. It is enough to know only the basic basics of painting door panels.
Product materials
Almost all types of modern interior doors are suitable for painting. High-quality wooden or veneered canvases are ideal.
Today on furniture market there are many attractive and durable models made of hardwood, which include:
- Beech. Otherwise, this breed is called the "tree of kings" because of its unsurpassed quality and good appearance.
- Oak. Oak doors boast enviable strength, reliability and a unique shade. This is especially true of luxurious bog oak.
- Nut. This attractive wood has an interesting moiré pattern and a rich dark tone.
- Ash. In terms of strength, this material is comparable to oak, but it costs much less.
- Linden. This wood has a light shade and is inexpensive.
No less popular are canvases made from coniferous tree species, such as:
- Spruce. This material is not the most durable, but it is ideal for an interior door.
- Pine. Pine canvases have a pleasant and calm color. In addition, these doors are inexpensive and look attractive.
- Cedar. Cedar doors are highly reliable and resistant to mold.
- Alder. Alder doors in their characteristics are in many ways similar to pine models, but are more resistant to temperature extremes and exposure to humid air.
Hybrid products are also suitable for painting, which include a frame made of veneered or solid pine wood or an inexpensive canvas made of materials such as MDF, fiberboard or chipboard. Often such products are covered with veneer.
In addition, attractive veneered specimens can be panel or paneled. Paneled designs are ideal for installation as a traditional piece of furniture. Regular shield options can be used a little differently.
Because of their smooth surface, they are often used to create hidden interior paintings. Otherwise, such elements are called "invisible" doors.
You can paint not only wooden, but also plastic door. But if you want to achieve the most durable and attractive result, then you will have to stock up on a special aerosol paint in cans. For example, it could be the popular formulation of Amphibolin 2000.
How to paint in the apartment with your own hands?
The choice of a suitable paint and varnish coating mainly depends on what appearance of the door leaf you plan to get as a result, on your experience in such matters and, of course, on the conditions in which the painting will be carried out. If you are going to process a door outside the walls of a living space, then you need to choose an odorless finish so as not to harm the health of those around you.
There are several types of enamel paints on the market that can be used to process the door and its constituent components:
- Acrylic. Such paint perfectly hides any defects on the painted surface. It also protects the material from moisture and moisture, and the formation of mold. It can also be used for glass. Today, many companies produce high-quality acrylic compounds that are environmentally friendly.
- Alkyd. Such a composition is very similar to traditional oil paint, but has more significant protective characteristics that can last up to 4 years.
- Polyurethane. This paint is highly durable and long lasting. It perfectly fills the pores of natural wood, which protects it from the penetration of moisture and pollution.
- Water dispersion and water emulsion. These paints dry quickly and do not contain substances harmful to health. In addition, they do not emit a pungent odor and they are durable.
- Powder and hammer. These options appeared on the market relatively recently. They are not designed for wood finishing. As a rule, metal sheets are covered with them.
- Wax and oils. These specific coatings are more commonly purchased for wood finishes. They allow the material to "breathe" and have a restorative effect on damaged surfaces. However, wax coatings are not quick-drying, so it will be possible to use the treated door only after 3-4 days.
For patination, which is fashionable today, the following compositions are used:
- Acrylic paint, presented in a wide range of colors.
- Bituminous, giving a dark brown tint.
- Wax patina, which can have both natural and green-blue tones.
- Shellac patina available in colors ranging from gold to red.
- Oil patina, which is used extremely rarely in modern interiors.
Required Tools
To paint the door leaf, you must have the following materials and items:
- "goats" or other similar structures for laying the door in a suspended position;
- tassel;
- dry brush;
- small pile roller;
- special pallet for paint;
- hammer;
- screwdriver;
- sandpaper;
- spray gun;
- craquelure for door decoration.
What color to choose?
Modern manufacturers produce paintwork in a variety of colors. Thanks to such a rich assortment, homeowners will be able to easily realize even the most non-trivial design ideas.
Nowadays, there are several leading trends in the coloring of interior door structures:
- soft and delicate shades, light notes of blue, peach, grassy, pink or lavender;
- dark dense shades of brown, cherry, blue and chocolate;
- saturated and juicy shades (red, orange and yellow);
- noble tones imitating natural wood such as wenge, oak, walnut or cedar.
In addition, many designers, when choosing suitable color Owners are encouraged to adhere to the following guidelines.
- Deep and dark hues such as cherry, red walnut or dark chocolate will bring luxurious and elegant notes to the interior of the living room.
- As for discreet light colors, they are best suited for cozy bedrooms or children's rooms, as they create a peaceful and calm atmosphere.
- If the room has a beautiful white bedroom set, then it is better to choose a door in a similar color solution. It can also be complemented with gilded panels.
- V wooden house canvases made of solid wood treated with transparent oil impregnation will look ideal.
- For a classic ensemble with antique interior items, you can purchase an interesting artificially aged model made of wood.
- As for the door frame, it should be slightly lighter or darker than the main wall finish.
Technology for painting a new canvas
Previously untreated wood strongly absorbs moisture. If, for example, you put such a canvas in a bath without treating it with special impregnations, then it will swell pretty soon and simply stop closing securely. This suggests that before the direct installation and painting of a wooden door, it must be properly prepared.
All work must be carried out indoors so that dust and dirt do not get on the treated canvas.
First, the door without any fittings is laid on a flat and stable plane. As a rule, at the production stage, the canvases undergo preliminary grinding, but often they still have minor roughness or protrusions, so it’s worth going through the grinder or sandpaper again.
Before painting, the canvas must be treated with a primer. First, all the recesses of the canvas are covered with it, and then even surfaces.
Since the structures will be in a horizontal position, streaks and drops will not appear on them, and the primer will be absorbed as evenly as possible. After that, you need to let the product dry completely and make a second processing.
Now you can go directly to the coloring of the canvas. Shield models are best covered with a roller, and paneled models with a narrow brush. Make sure the paint is not too thick. If its consistency is such, then it should be diluted with a solvent.
Do not decorate the door with too thick a layer of paint, since such actions can only spoil the product. Depending on covering characteristics, 2-4 coats of paint may be required. Keep in mind that each of them must dry completely before applying the next. While the door leaf itself dries, you need to process the opening.
If a stain is chosen for finishing a new canvas, then a primer does not need to be applied.
drastic color change
A previously primed and painted door can be repainted at home. To begin with, you need to spend all necessary training. First of all, the old paint layer is removed. With the complete removal of the previous layers, it will be possible to repaint the door in any color, whether it be classic brown, white or black, as well as brighter and more colorful tones. However, in the second case, you should check how appropriate the paint will look in the room. To do this, you need to put it on a couple of boards and attach it to the door leaf.
After these procedures, you can start repainting the door according to the algorithm:
- The canvas needs to be plastered. You can purchase a special composition for wooden doors.
- Then the putty is dried.
- After that, you need to treat the surface with sandpaper.
- Now we apply a layer of primer, oil or wax (you can pick up fireproof materials).
- You need to paint the doors from the top corner.
- Small elements are painted with a brush.
- The paint should be applied exclusively in the direction of the wood fibers.
Now you need to let the canvas dry completely. It is desirable that it be in a horizontal position.
How to remove old paint?
To soften previous layers of paint, a chemical wash coat can be applied and allowed to soak into the surface. This job may take up to 2 hours. After a while, the old paint will begin to bubble and peel away from the door. It can be qualitatively removed with a spatula to complete cleansing canvases.
Also, to remove the old paint, it can be heated with a building hair dryer and removed with a spatula. As long as the finish is well heated, it remains as soft as possible and is much easier to remove.
You can use both of these methods. Especially often this method is used to clean oil paint applied in many layers.
You can degrease a wooden door with a metal brush and fine or coarse sandpaper. In particularly difficult cases, a planer or aggressive chemical compositions. plastic models degreased with acetone and white spirit.
How to quickly putty?
Puttying is the final stage of preparing the door for painting and does not take much time. Depending on the condition of the canvas, it can be puttied completely or partially. After that, you need to wait until the composition is completely dry and you should walk on the door with sandpaper (over the entire surface or along separate sections). There is no need to rush here so as not to harm the canvas.
Coloring with two colors
If you want to paint a door in two different colors, such as a contrasting black and white, then you first need to apply a base coat. In this case, white. After that, you should wait for it to dry completely and treat those areas that will be painted in a different shade. Also, in the course of work, you can stick certain surfaces with adhesive tape so that paint of a different color does not get on them.
After drying and processing the base layer, you can re-glue the tapes on it and start painting the previously closed areas black.
Making an antique door
If you like vintage style and an antique look, then the door can be decorated with a patina.
This procedure takes place in several stages:
- first, the surface of the door is treated with an iron brush;
- then a white primer is applied;
- after it dries, a gray patina is applied;
- its top layer will need to be removed with a grinding bar;
- at the end, you need to apply at least two layers of enamel.
In what color to paint interior doors, many people think at the time of the start of the repair. After all, the entire interior should be harmonious. And as well as how to paint interior doors, we will consider today.
In this matter, it is important to initially determine their appearance. After all, there are many options for finishing, and the photo and video in this article will help with this.
Interior door painting
There are many different compositions for coloring wooden surfaces(see What kind of paint is better to paint a tree: making a choice). First of all, it is necessary to determine what paint to paint the interior doors with. After all, it is different in its composition and characteristics.
It can also be a dense saturated layer. But if you wish, you can apply a coating with a thin transparent layer and simply emphasize the structure of the wood. Everything can be done with your own hands and the final price will not scare you.
How to paint doors
For creating good coverage you need to choose the composition, and it already depends on you personally.
In this question, you need to understand what kind of coverage you want to see:
- Creates a dense, opaque coating. These are thick enamels and paints with a base of liquid acrylic, polyurethane, perchlorovinyl. Also, this group includes quite rare, outdated oil-based formulations.
- Toning compositions. These are various impregnations that penetrate deep into the layers of wood, and not only give it a certain shade, but also protect it from destructive external influences.
- Transparent coatings. These are various varnishes, both glossy and matte, which cover the surface of the wood with a transparent layer that protects the wood from moisture.
For home use, professional painters recommend using easy-to-apply formulations, such as:
- Acrylic water-based dyes. They have the best consistency for brushing, good adhesion and excellent covering power. Acrylic paints are only slightly inferior to oil paints in their surface flow, which is another plus of these coatings.
- Alkyd-based paints and varnishes. They dry quickly, are not affected by temperature fluctuations, and repel liquids well, protecting the wood surface.
This procedure will help protect the wooden canvas from rapid wear and harmful environmental influences.
How to paint wooden doors: the choice of paint
You are going to paint the door leaf, and the first question that arises is: what paint to choose? After all, not only the appearance of the door itself and the quality of its protection depend on this, but also the persistent smell that remains after it. Therefore, this issue must be taken very seriously.
All paints can be conditionally divided into transparent and opaque.
The first are paints containing special pigments that allow the natural structure of the tree to be displayed when applied.
The second includes compositions made on the basis of organic solvents - these are oil, alkyd and others.
The most popular is alkyd enamel. It has been widely used due to its affordable price, a wide variety of colors and good durability.
Painting technology
There are several different options for painting wood canvases.
So, solid wood doors for painting must first be prepared by filling and priming, and then proceed to painting.
Impregnation with tinting composition.
For him, it is desirable to choose paints made on the basis of natural oils.
The composition is applied immediately to the surface of a large area, and then it is carried out 10-12 times with a rubber spatula.
You can apply the same composition in another way, using a sponge. It is dipped into the composition, and, strongly pressed, is carried out along the fibers. Such movements are performed within 2-3 minutes.
For the second option need paint and liquid soap. A layer of paint is applied, after it dries, liquid soap is applied to it. Then repainting is carried out.
Another technology will require the presence of paint and yacht varnish. The work is carried out sequentially, as in the above described option.
How to paint?
Before painting the surface, it is necessary to prepare wooden doors for painting and perform a number of preparatory steps.
Since the painting of vertical surfaces is associated with the formation of smudges, the doors must be removed and placed horizontally.
Before painting a new wooden door, we prepare all the materials and tools necessary for this. Painting can be done with a roller and brushes.
A roller is needed for painting flat surfaces, and a brush is needed for painting a relief pattern.
Then inspect the canvas for any defects.
If there are exfoliated areas of old paint on it, then it must be carefully removed. Then perform puttying work, repairing all existing bumps and cracks. After the putty has hardened, it must be cleaned with an emery cloth.
We wipe the canvas with a damp cloth to remove dust and putty particles.
The painting process itself can be done in two ways:
- using a sprayer;
- using a roller and brushes.
If you decide to use the second option, then after applying the paint with a brush, it must be rubbed using a gauze swab. This will help to achieve uniform distribution over the entire surface and get a better look.
