Spraying doors…
I have 6 doors I plan to stain and finish with an HVLP sprayer. I was originally thinking that I would take them off the hinges, lean them against the wall, and spray one side at a time. This method, of course, requires I way for one side to dry before flipping it over.
Is there any reason I should not spray them in place? I could just cover the hinges with tape and spray both sides very quickly.
Edited 5/12/2007 12:02 pm by NCLaquer
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Yes. Overspray.
You may be able to get finish on the top of the door whilst on the hinges, but not the bottom. Taking them off and putting them somewhere you have more control is preferable. You can also tack a cleat across the top and stand them up and spray them all, both sides, at one time, then you just have the bottoms to hit before you hang them. One way to do that is spray lacquer in a can. Quick, easy, or spray poly, or whatever you're using.
If you havent done them stood in the middle of a garage, think accordian. ///// with a scrap of 1x2 or something just tacked down the middle.
Real trucks dont have sparkplugs
Perhaps I should have added that these doors are in new construction.
I am finishing the basement and plan to spray all the woodwork, cabenits, windors, base, built-ins, etc.
The floors are yet to be tiled and the walls (and ceiling) are yet to be painted.
perfect. Pull all the hardware, and stand them somewhere you can control with plastic. You still dont want overspray on the ceiling or anything else it decides to float over to.Real trucks dont have sparkplugs
What I do in that situation is drive a nail in the top center and hang them from the ceiling. This way you can spin them around or walk around them.
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Edited 5/12/2007 3:53 pm by jagwah
I am talking about passage doors.
Sorry thought you also meant cabinet doors.
I just stand them up in a zig zag fashion and nail a strip across the tops
I sprayed the doors in my house hung in place. Drywall was hung, taped, and primed. I tweaked my gun for a compromise of decent fluid volume with not excessive overspray.
I neatly taped the hinges, and went to town. I got two coats on all the doors in about a day and a half. It would have taken me FOREVER to paint all those doors by hand, and I am always more satisfied with my spraying than my brushing.
Be cautious around windows for overspray. Depending on your lighting, sometimes if you get excess overspray on the walls near the doors it can telegraph through your wall paint.
Go for it!
Dustin