Painting Closet Doors With Slats

Slatted doors or louvers allow.

Painting closet doors with slats.

You can do it if you remember a few simple rules though. And i would also have to turn the doors upside down to get spots that were missed. Prepare your closet door for painting. Certain steps must be taken to make sure your paint job looks professional and lasts.

To remove the door wedge a flathead screwdriver or chisel in the joint between the hinge and the top of the hinge pins. We needed to paint closet doors and they all have those louvers. First of all consider painting the door essentially the same color it already is. Aug 15 2015 closet doors are typically either solid like other doors of a house or folding doors.

This makes any missed spots much harder to detect. Painting the method you use for painting depends on the style of door. Our house was built in the 60 s and the doors are original to the house. How to paint a louvered door like a pro with brush and roller.

Place the door flat on the sawhorses. Well now have you ever tried to paint slats like this by hand. Begin by painting the edges with a brush. This is the artisan way for an advanced painter.

How to paint a slatted closet door step 1. This makes painting the top and bottom of the door easier. The folding door types can also be solid or have slats. Two cover the laundry area in the hallway of darkness a narrower one closes off a small pantry.

We have a total of 7 louvered closet doors. If you can t remove the door you can paint it as is. Brown stained bi fold louvered doors. I guess louvered doors were the thing.

Maybe so your clothes could breath. Painting a louvered door can be a daunting task. A simple screwdriver should be all you. This will also keep the.

Gently sand the door with 120 grit paper. If possible take the door off its hinges and set it on 2 sawhorses. The first time i painted the closet doors was about 20 years ago. And because i was covering dark wood it took 2 coats of paint.

Flat doors take well to paint rollers while doors with panels decorative insets or slats are best painted with a brush. Unscrew the slatted closet door from its hinges if it is already hung up. It can be a chore. And then the gnats arrived.

I thought about buying new doors but when i went to the home improvement store i found that louvered doors are only primed not painted glossy white so i would still need to paint them.