How long to paint an interior doorframe?

[stubertio]

I only ask because I'm wondering if I'm just extremely slow at this, or if it's just as long as it takes.
Yesterday, I sanded down a doorframe and gave it a coat of dulux primer/undercoat. This process took the best part of two hours. I left it to dry overnight.
This afternoon, I started top-coating (Johnstone's oil gloss) at 1pm. I finished at about 5:30pm and I've still a bit to do on one side of the frame.

Is this ridiculously long? I think I am being quite fussy and meticulous, but I don't want runs or specks of dirt in the finish, so I'm being quite anal about it all.

Does anyone have any tips and tricks regarding the painting of door frames? How long should it take, on average? I've got SIX more to do in the flat and I'm not going to be finished before 2009 if I keep going at this rate.

Many thanks!

Stu

 

[joe-90]

That's just plain daft. The longer you take to paint the doors the more the paint solvent dries out and you get more and more brush strokes. If you want a pro job apply the paint with a mini roller and simply drag your brush (with just the weight of the brush) over the paint to remove the stipple - then walk away and allow the surface tension to flatten, then you'll get doors like 10 Downing Street. Speed is everything with gloss paint. You nearly always have to add a little white spirit too to stop it dragging.

Each door should take about 20 minutes (10 minutes per side).

 

[stubertio]

hah hah ! that's a bit of a difference! I guess I'll just put it down to being a complete amateur and only having painted 2 door frames before (I can't remember those taking as long though!). I will look into picking up a mini roller for the flat bits of the frame and see how I get on with that and the others.

thanks!

Stu

 

[JohnD]

you are using a 50mm brush, not an artist's brush?

IMO cleaning the roller wil take longer than painting the frame with a brush.

 

[joe-90]

You don't clean it - you bin it.

 

[Nige F]

That's just plain daft. The longer you take to paint the doors the more the paint solvent dries out and you get more and more brush strokes. If you want a pro job apply the paint with a mini roller and simply drag your brush (with just the weight of the brush) over the paint to remove the stipple - then walk away and allow the surface tension to flatten, then you'll get doors like 10 Downing Street. Speed is everything with gloss paint. You nearly always have to add a little white spirit too to stop it dragging.

Each door should take about 20 minutes (10 minutes per side).

well said Joe but I`d still use JUST a brush on the frame a Purdy man-made bristle one

 

[Robbie uk]

An internal door casing with architrave either side should take no longer than about 5 - 10 mins. An internal door should take no longer than about 15 minutes per side if it is a panelled door. A flush panel door done with a 4inch roller takes only about 2 minutes after the edges and around the lock/handle is done first with a brush .

 

[Zampa]

As above...and that with a couple of stellas for lunch!...hic!

 

[SunnyUK]

Don't feel too bad, stu. You're not the only one. I have recently redecorated the downstairs and found that it took me about 1.5 hours for an architraved doorframe (average across 3 doors and a window).

Must be great to be able to do it in 5-10 minutes as quoted here. I just know that I'll never be able to do that

 

[stubertio]

thanks to joe90 for recommending the roller. I picked up a Harris foam 4" roller a couple of days ago and have managed to do 2 doors in an hour or so and the finish is absolutely wonderful! It feels like glass!
Still taking forever to do the door frames though!!!!!!!
Getting there.. slowly but surely the place is starting to look great.
Cheers all

stu

 

[spice]

Don't feel too bad, stu. You're not the only one. I have recently redecorated the downstairs and found that it took me about 1.5 hours for an architraved doorframe (average across 3 doors and a window).

Must be great to be able to do it in 5-10 minutes as quoted here. I just know that I'll never be able to do that

Yes you will, pratice makes perfect