How to paint your front door: 5 tips for a flawless finish

Learn how to paint your front door with these five easy-to-follow tips. Painting your front door is a great way to add curb appeal in just a few hours.

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[davidshettlesworth]

Thank you for this very informative and thorough "how to" paint a 6 panel door correctly to get good results with a brush. The order of 1, 2, 3, 4 is very helpful. No other You Tube channel stressed this. A very important point to prevent issues with paint runs, an important point. Saved me from committing some big errors. Job well done. Carry on.

[glamslamr]

Extremely helpful, very detailed instructions! Thank you!!!!

[drivingwhileadhd]

I used your video to paint my door and seriously it came out great. A lot of the other videos say to use a roller, but I think using the different size brushes as you recommended works just as good, maybe just a little slower but I didn’t want to go fast anyway

[elizabethdekalb]

This video and the tips were very helpful. I wish I had seen the suggestion earlier about the order in which to paint the sections of the door. I think following that order would produce a better-looking paint job. Thank you!

[debradb]

I've learned something I never knew about painting doors. I don't know which color to paint on the edges. Thank for the great info.

[andrewfrosch]

You are so funny!! I love this video. It helped a lot!!

[gaylewilhelm]

This is something I should have seen 3 doors ago. Love it...

[DannyW-qgep]

Great video, worked perfect. Thank you

[merrissaburleigh]

Perfect timing! We are planning on painting our front door and these tips have been very helpful!

[deljones]

Exactly my situation. Very helpful! Very glad I found this video!

[ayoo]

Great video. Love the color. What color and brand of paint did you use?

[luizbocchi]

Exactly what I was looking for. Thank You!

[nanetteatienza]

Exactly what I was looking for. How do you paint a previously painted door? It was painted with a shiny coating of bright red. Looking forward to your advise. Thank you.

[rjchavers]

Liked and sub'd. This video was a good speed for me and I have a lot of little projects like this that I have been working on. Thanks for posting!

[garythompson]

Great video, thanks for putting it up. Short and to the point, just what a Bodger like me needs.

[carenbackus]

1: 33 Hi! LOVED your video, very thorough and inspirational!. I installed 2 new (expensive) fiberglass energy star certified doors in Jan, came Pre-primed from factory in off white. Looked great, so I never painted them, since NO ONE told me I needed to. Well, now I can not find anything that works to CLEAN the doors (yes’ I have tried all) Interviewing painters currently and all say they need to “prime” door first. Imho it is because they always do that, so I am just not sure. noticed you did not prime yours first- did you have any problems with this? I do not want thick layers of paint, but if they do not “prime” they will not guarantee their work. Can not find manufacturer instructions or name sadly. The fact is, I can not clean anything out of the current primer which makes me think any paint will stick well! Would appreciate your thoughts. Quotes are so high I am no thinking of doing myself !

[joaquinsuarez]

Good job.
Is it better to paint the whole door with a brush or use small roller for flat longer parts?
Need to paint mine but don't have small roller.

[ProfessionalPainterDecorator]

ooooh, all was going so well till I saw your order of painting the door. Once you do the mouldings and the panels, you should then do the top mullion (3 which you call it) . then your section 2, which is called the top rail, working your way down (each section has it own name). It's all to do with wet edges and keeping the paint edge going and not drying off on you too quickly.

But nice approach, better than I've seen others doing it.. starting at the bottom.

Keep the good work up.

[candidlykatrinawellborn]

Thank yoooou for the tips, can’t wait ! Should I sand mine if it’s wooden and already painted

[RasTuft]

If you switch 2 & 3 you can paint down the middle in one go, then one final stroke down to finish. Then paint your horizontals (in the same way). This will allow you to make longer steadier strokes and produce a better finish ;-)