Choose whether you need to prime the door before painting.
Oil paint for interior doors.
Paint the door with an oil based primer.
Your primer should be a similar shade to the final paint color.
16 pro tips for painting interior doors.
Make sure to use interior primer for your interior door.
If the door was originally painted with latex paint priming should be unnecessary.
Oil based paints need 24 hours before a second coat can be applied.
If your door is in good shape with no cracking or peeling paint you may be able to paint over the door with very little preparation.
Unfortunately oil based paint s heyday was short lived and for the last 40 or so years due to increased regulation and air quality restrictions the quality of most oil based paints has suffered.
Let the primer dry before painting.
The right paint should protect against dirt and human oils as well as the force from opening and closing which can cause dry paint to crack.
You can however paint water based over oil based paint.
Consider the following tips when painting an interior door.
By the early 1900s oil paints were incredible products that leveled beautifully created hard durable finishes and held up to the harshest conditions.
Paint the counters of the door with primer first and then use a roller for the flat surfaces.
If this is the case you must know the base of the last layer of paint applied to the door.
Do not apply oil based paint over a layer of water based paint.