Interior door painting

[mulberry]

I am going to paint our interior doors using an satin finish. At the moment these doors are finished with some sort of melamine and completely flat, no mouldings at all, so I need to make sure my finish is at good as possible. I have excluded applying paint with a brush, thought about a roller but now wonder if best tool would be an pad, which I have never tried before! Advise / tips appreciated regarding paint type and tools. Thank you

 

[gregers]

small rad roller then large brush to brush out the marks.

 

[Captain5691]

Yes I do what Gregers said i use a small gloss roller to get the paint evenly on the door, and then lightly using long even strokes use a good quality brush to finish, as you somtimes get bubble marks with the rollers....

Good luck

 

[mulberry]

Thanks for advise, I am thinking of using one of the primer/undercoat all in one paints followed by an satin top coat. Sensible? Gloss finish is not what we are after.

 

[dave1953]

If your going to use Acryic paint as opposed to Oil based I have encountered problems with the Acrylic chipping very easily dependant upon the type of doors construction. i.e what it's made of. As previous posts ,gloss rollers will give you the best finish.

 

[mulberry]

Thanks Dave1953, yes I will stick with an oil based satin finish paint. Can you tell me what is an 'Gloss roller' made of? sponge, short hair, long hair or some other material. I don't know what to look for TBH.

 

[dave1953]

Hi Mullberry,
Gloss rollers are sponge,you can buy them in any DIY place and they normally come with 2x rollers, handle and paint tray in a pack for about £3 to £4 pounds good luck.

 

[mulberry]

Again thanks Dave, having just recovered from a bit of illness I'm fit and ready to get cracking.