Painting work Advice needed: Door Outside and Inside work needed

[Jeremy2014]

Hi All,

Looking for some advice.

With current situation of avoiding social gathering, looking to get into DIY and maintain our lovely block of flat but pretty clueless so looking for direction, recommendations please.

I know that the best option would be to get a new door but that will cost around 1000 / 2000 so for now, looking to maintain it for the time being and save sufficient money so to replace it at some point in the future.

initial thought, Sanding, Filling and painting (undercoat + normal paint)

any steps that I missed? what type of Paint that I should get? and where from?

what type of filler that i should get?

Many thanks,
Jeremy

 

[endecotp]

For most of it, you need to scrape off the flaking paint and sand and fill to get a smooth finish - you don’t need to get down to bare wood, but it does need to be smooth. Then maybe two coats of quick-dry primer/undercoat and one coat of oil-based exterior gloss (e.g.Dulux Weathershield).

But there are some bits that look worse, e.g. the bar at the bottom. You will probably need to replace that. And some of the putty looks in poor condition; you should probably deal with that first, and then you can paint everything including the new putty in a while when it has hardened.

 

[Jeremy2014]

Hi Endcopt,
thanks for your feedback . couple of questions as pretty new to DIY...but learning as I go along.

By Dulux Weathershield, do you mean something like this?
https://www.wickes.co.uk/Dulux-Trade-Weathershield-Gloss-Paint---Pure-Brilliant-White-2-5L/p/106508

Any recommendation on Putty? any type will do?

Do you mean one primer and then one undercoat? or is that the same product?

any recommendations on product re primer / undercoat.

Thanks, so much

 

[endecotp]

Hi Endcopt,
thanks for your feedback . couple of questions as pretty new to DIY...but learning as I go along.

By Dulux Weathershield, do you mean something like this?
https://www.wickes.co.uk/Dulux-Trade-Weathershield-Gloss-Paint---Pure-Brilliant-White-2-5L/p/106508

Yes. (That’s a big tin though!)

Any recommendation on Putty? any type will do?

As far as I am aware it’s all the same, but I’m far from an expert the subject

Do you mean one primer and then one undercoat? or is that the same product?

I think decades ago they may have been different products, but these days you get a single “primer / undercoat” product that is suitable for most materials. (If you were paining on to something unusual you may find a specialist primer for that surface.)

any recommendations on product re primer / undercoat.

I have been using Dulux Trade Quick Dry Wood Primer Undercoat (from Screwfix I think) and it seems good to me. It’s not cheap though.

It is said that cheapo products will take more coats; I don’t really have enough direct experience to agree or disagree.

 

[Jeremy2014]

me and quantity! so one litre should be enought! am i correct?

https://www.wickes.co.uk/Dulux-Trade-Weathershield-Gloss-Paint---Pure-Brilliant-White-1L/p/106507
https://www.diy.com/departments/dul...te-gloss-multi-surface-paint-1l/161704_BQ.prd

Thanks so much for additional information provided - greatly appreciated

 

[endecotp]

The wickes page you linked to gives the coverage in square m.

 

[Jeremy2014]

Thanks Endecotp