How to paint a panel door

DOORS TO FLOORS

The doors in this room are of the six panel colonel variety. They are made up of six raised panels, three "stiles" and six "rails".

The doors are set into frames that consists of a "jamb"( pronounced "jam") there is also a strip of molding that stops the door when closing it called, you guessed it , a "doorstop", and the molding that surrounds the frame is collectively called the "casing".

How To Paint It

The three doors in this room all open from other differently colored rooms of the house. The question is:
"Where do I properly divide the colors on the door and frame?"
Here is a simple way to determine the dividing points.
Standing in the room that is being painted, open the door about half swing, now, stand back a few feet and basically what you see is what you paint. This trick works regardless of which way the door swings.

This door opens into our room so the break points will be as follows:
Paint the edge of the door that holds the lock bolt and the face of the door, do not paint the hinge edge.

The frame is painted from the outside edge of the casing around to, and including the facing edge of the door stop.

Let's paint this door.

First loosen the two screws on the door knob about a half inch or so and pull the knob toward you. This will give us painting access around the knob and the lock should still work. Dust off the door. Load the brush much the same way we did while painting windows, with one difference, omit raking the bristles across the rim of the pot while painting these larger areas. Paint all the panels, starting with the top panels and working downward to the bottom panels. Lap the paint slightly over the outside edges of the panels onto the face of the door.

Next, paint the vertical center "stile" from the top of the door to the bottom. Now paint all four horizontal "rails" making sure that the paint extends into the outside "stiles".

Next in line is the vertical "stile" closest to the hinges, followed by the door edge (where the lock bolt is located). Finally, paint the vertical "stile" that holds the door knob.

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Painting Frankenstein
by Roger Woodward
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