Painting Prehung Door Before Installation

As with the door jamb examine the door for any defects that need to be rectified and take care of them before proceeding.

Painting prehung door before installation. I have two new pre hung exterior doors one fiberglass and one steel. Is it ok to paint them before they are installed. My choice is between painting the door before or after installing it and to remove the door or paint in place which i ve only done once before actions 2020 feb 12 2 11 am datadoc. Discussion starter 1 aug 14 2011.

Ok to paint pre hung doors before installation. If possible do this in a spacious and ventilated area such as a garage. Ok to paint pre hung doors before installation. If the door was originally painted with latex paint priming should be unnecessary.

Be sure to paint the bottom of the doors too. Going to spray them take them off mark their location in the hinge mortises and cover the marking with blue tape before you spray them. I believe they are solid wood and so will be quite cumbersome to take off and paint in another space. Is it ok to remove the plastic straps that are around the doors now.

I have two new pre hung exterior doors one fiberglass and one steel. When painting wood doors make sure all six sides of your door are covered to protect it from rotting cracking and expansion. Jump to latest follow 1 8 of 8 posts. Step 5 stain the door.

After that it s a simple job to set the interior door frame in place screw or nail it to the shims and then shim the strike side. It s a lot easier to shim the hinge side of the rough opening before you put in the door frame. If you mark the doors and reinstall them where they came from you should have no need to plane or refit. The doors will be hung by the carpenter and i m wondering what your thoughts are on painting the doors on the hinges or taking all the doors off.

The usual method of holding the door frame in place while you shim behind the hinge side is awkward. Set up the pre hung door on a pair of sawhorses or any other stand that will remain stable for the duration of the task. Hang a new door paint first or paint after hanging. There s cardboard along the two sides.

If it was painted with oil based paint prime before using a latex based paint.