The Fastest Way to Paint a Door with a Brush 

Those pink doors did turn out rather nice 😃

You are most welcome! Thanks so much for the super thanks!! 😁

It’s still our current go-to trim paint 🤙

I know a few dudes that do it that way and they get pretty quick with it. It’s a solid method 🤙

I do not like the finish that a roller leaves on a grained door and that level of finish would not be acceptable on many of the jobs that I do. I use rollers for flat panel doors but never for a door that has a grain to it.

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​@@keithbalke6352that's the Way its been done for centuries. if you're good with a brush

So there are a lot of options for trim paint. If you’re going with a 100% acrylic then I’d recommend giving the doors a scuff sand with 150 grit sandpaper. Do a little section with your trim paint and see if it’s forming a good bond. If the paint is not sticking then you may need to prime with something like fresh start from Benjamin Moore. You could also use a hybrid paint like emerald urethane from Sherwin Williams. That adheres to almost everything.

Good luck!

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Only if they’re visible from some vantage point in the house. There’s a better case for that for exterior doors.

I’m glad you found it helpful! And yeah, the urethane has a bit of an odor…it stings the nostrils

Emerald Urethane Trim Enamel in semi-gloss

That door is factory primed so you can go straight over it with your finish paint. The only reason you’d want to prime it would be if you were doing a big color shift like painting it black.

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Depends on conditions. I’m not sure if you’re using emerald urethane or regular emerald. Emerald urethane has a pretty long open time. Also, you may also want to try a corona cortez. That brush is quicker than the Vegas. I’ve been shifting my use of the Vegas brushes to specialty applications, because it paints quite a bit slower than the Cortez.

I’d go with the Vegas for sure. It’s my favorite for trim paint and especially the hybrids.

@SuperVassarBrothers thank you so much! Sorry about asking on two different videos, but time was an issue, and I thought it increased my odds of an answer sooner. Anyways my wonderful wife noticed both brushes saved to our amazon cart account and went ahead and purchased both for me. Lol! Admittedly, I'm a cheapskate, and it drives her nuts. She said buying both was worth it to her to keep from seeing me go back and forth. She's not wrong! Lol! At the end of the day, they are only $20 bucks each ,give or take, and I'm going to use both of them, I'm quite sure. I was getting good results with my 3 inch premier Montauk and my 2 1/2 inch purdy. However, both were on the firm side. I'm hoping the corona vegas being on the soft side will give me even better results. I should have changed a long time ago ,especially considering it's your chosen brush. Thanks again! 😊

Corona brushes are the best! We switched to them 15 years ago. Started with the Excalibur chinex brushes and now we use the Vegas for interior trim. Have you tried satin cabinet coat? That's our favorite interior paint. It's also urethane based. We switched from Advance because we kept getting drips and lace curtains, especially when humidity is high!

Emerald Urethane Trim Enamel in semi-gloss

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The door has already been painted with a latex trim paint so there’s no need to prime.

You’re welcome! I hope you find it useful 😃

We do that if it’s a flat panel door. If it’s a door that has a grain pattern to it then we brush the whole thing. I don’t like the look of doors that have a grain pattern and then are rolled.

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There are several videos on my channel about painting trim and doors. If you’re converting trim over from being stained then you may wanna start with this one ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Ptd9y2D45Vw.htmlsi=dp8eCAmacTpHgK6s

Hmmm, you have a case for rolling a flat panel door vertically, but if the door has a grain pattern and I’m brushing it then I’m following the grain pattern. Horizontal grain patterns get a horizontal stoke, at least when I do it.