It is also re coatable in one hour promises excellent colour retention and resistance from cracking blistering and flaking.
Painting upvc french doors.
You ll never go wrong starting with a primer.
Once the primer is dry apply an exterior gloss or satin paint to the door but make completely sure that the paint you use is suitable for use on upvc.
Glass and upvc door painted in frenchic dusky blush al fresco paint.
After the paint dries your french doors can become a bright and vibrant part of your home.
It would have been sooooo much easier if i could have sprayed it black.
No we saved the two vertical window panes flipped them 90 degrees and have re used them in our new garden workshop.
You apply two coats and the liquid mask dries into a clear stretchy plastic.
Make sure the door is completely clean and dry before painting.
I was going to be brave and paint our white upvc door black.
Interior or exterior french doors are available through alliance door.
The best way to paint french doors especially if they have old glossy paint on them is to start with a coat of zinsser bin shellac based primer.
Painting the french door.
Swinging single or often in pairs they do not have a center mullion and are most often glazed providing long sight lines and admitting light deep into your home s interior.
Next apply a coat of quality exterior primer to the door and wait until dry.
The old french doors that were previously in this space were binned but not all of it.
It sticks to pretty much everything and any paint will stick to it.
Zinsser allcoat exterior is an ideal product for painting over upvc.
A paint brush and paint roller are all you need to apply a perfect coat of paint.
That said i didn t use primer on this particular door.
It comes as a water based and solvent based product with matt gloss and satin finishes.
There s actually a product you can buy called liquid mask that you paint on over the glass on your french door or on windows if you have windows to paint.
You then paint your door just like i did and remove the liquid mask by tracing around your panes of glass with a utility knife.
They also do a lovely limited edition bright pink called hottie and loads of other more muted colours check out the full range of al fresco shades here.
But with masking liquid h20 it is absolutely possible to paint windo.
Painting french doors and windows without having to use tape sounds like a dream right.