Painting Metal Door Hinges

Follow these simple budget friendly steps to paint your door s hardware.

Painting metal door hinges.

The method you choose depends on the final outcome you want and your skill with a paint sprayer. Open your door as wide as possible to reveal the hinges holding it to the doorframe. Line the door hinges up on the drop cloth. Unlike wood metal is not porous and cannot soak up the adhesives in paint.

Paint a door without taking it off the hinges remove remaining tape. Begin by prepping the door for painting. Paint stripper if you are painting over a metal door that is cracking or peeling paint stripping gloves sandpaper recommend 150 to 180 grit scraper drop cloths i cut up boxes instead of using an actual drop cloth special notes for if you re painting your door in place on its hinges. Painting the other side.

Press a nail to the base of the hinge pin which will be right on the point where the door pivots open and closed. Don t spend money on new hardware for your door just yet. Hold the spray can about 8 inches away from the work pieces and spray them evenly with the paint. Before you apply paint to a metal hinge you must abrade it to promote adhesion.

Hit the nail with a hammer until the hinge pin loosens and the top is pushed away from the hinge panels. Once you ve taken the door off its hinges lay it across two sawhorses or on a large flat surface. Paint will not adhere to a metal hinge unless it is specially conditioned to accept the paint. Keeping a wet edge is simple.

Now it s much easier to paint over without needing extra cleanup. You ll want to start with a coat of rust free primer and add the final coat of paint later. Sidelights are typically painted with a brush but can be sprayed with the appropriate masking. If you don t keep a wet edge on a metal door when it s being painted the drying paint will stick to the roller and peel off.

Unfortunately metal is too hard and durable for friction based abrasion based on sanding. The door hinges and striker plate s can be protected by carefully covering with masking tape or removed if the door was uninstalled for painting. Remove the remaining outer portion of the tape that is now separated from the piece that is still covering the metal hinge. Paint from the top to bottom of the door going left to right and continuing the process without skipping down the door more than 4 6 inches at a time.