Hi everyone. Ive decided to replace all the internal doors inside my house, Ive got them all hung and fitted pretty good. They are all medium weight doors from Buildbase with two large panels, one at the top and one at the bottom, then the usual 5" or so outside edge all around the door. Sorry but I dont know the correct terms. Im now at a stage to paint them. Im removing them into my garage one at a time, easy enough as the pins just push up out of the hinges. My problem is I cant get an even shiny finish on the doors. Im using White Dulux gloss paint, not the gel paint, the pourable one. Im using a 4.5" roller that says for gloss paint on it. The doors came with a base coat of White on them so Im painting directly onto this. Ive now given the door a 4th coat of gloss thinking it`ll shine evenly now but its not. WhenI approach the door, its still flat on the trestles, I can see dull patches here and there and I cant understand why.
When I apply a coat it looks ok coverage wise but as soon as I stand back I can see straight away that it doesnt look shiny everywhere even though the dull bits have got the same ampount of gloss on them as the shiny bits, its approc 90% shiny, 10% less shiny. Its not dull but its easily noticable that its not an even shine. Another problem is you can see the edges of the roller line, its like tram lines all over, Im not painting it like that though but its showing up the final stroke of the rollers all over, aaargh, why is it doing this? Cheap rollers? Do I need wider rollers? Do I have to use a brush, then I end up with brush strokes probably. Im just thinking here, I bought a fast drying gloss, could it be that? Is it all down to the fact I should have given it an undercoat first or am I doing something else wrong. Ive painted plenty of doors before but to be truthful I think this is the first time Ive used gloss and the fact the doors are new I thought they would look nicer.
Any advice would be helpful.
Thanks for reading. Steve.
When I apply a coat it looks ok coverage wise but as soon as I stand back I can see straight away that it doesnt look shiny everywhere even though the dull bits have got the same ampount of gloss on them as the shiny bits, its approc 90% shiny, 10% less shiny. Its not dull but its easily noticable that its not an even shine. Another problem is you can see the edges of the roller line, its like tram lines all over, Im not painting it like that though but its showing up the final stroke of the rollers all over, aaargh, why is it doing this? Cheap rollers? Do I need wider rollers? Do I have to use a brush, then I end up with brush strokes probably. Im just thinking here, I bought a fast drying gloss, could it be that? Is it all down to the fact I should have given it an undercoat first or am I doing something else wrong. Ive painted plenty of doors before but to be truthful I think this is the first time Ive used gloss and the fact the doors are new I thought they would look nicer.
Any advice would be helpful.
Thanks for reading. Steve.