[4ThGeneration]

I get a lot of request from home owners to repair and repaint weather damaged front doors. I want to start doing this, but I want to do it right. My question is
is it really necessary to strip off all the old paint? Should I put a protective coating over the finished job? If a customer wants flat finish is the a way to make it last longer? How about a temporary door?
Thanks

All I can say is...wow and not shamwow!

I get a lot of request from home owners to repair and repaint weather damaged front doors. You say you get alot of request from home owners, but what type of work do you do?

I want to start doing this, but I want to do it right.
You have never performed this task before, but you think getting info from this board will give you enough knowledge to take on this task and you will just learn off the cuff at the expense of the Home Owners?

is it really necessary to strip off all the old paint?
Not unless it is peeling or bubbling off.

Should I put a protective coating over the finished job?
What would be the purpose of applying a protective coating over the finished product? This is not a stained door is it? You said repaint indicating it is painted already, but a finished paint product on a door does not need a protective coating applied to it.

If a customer wants flat finish is the a way to make it last longer?
Not on this side of Gods Heaven. Your are the "Painter" so its your job to educate the home owner. Never apply a flat finish to any trim work. You actually had to ask this?


How about a temporary door?
So now your a door hanger also? Why would a homeowner install a "Temporary" door in the first place? On new construction I have seen this, but it is only until their ordered doors come in.

Thanks
At least you are polite if not upfront with who you are. I have no problem with home owners coming on over for advise even though they have a DIY forum for them, but your coming off as if you are a painter, but the questions you presented to us seems something that a helper on the job for a few weeks would know the answer to. If you do not want to pay a professional to do the work, thats fine. I hope some of these answers helped you some Mr.Home owner.

No disrespect meant in advance if you think this is a smack against you.

 

[4ThGeneration]

Once when we were on a repaint that had 75 doors in excess and before they had the liquid mask to spray on windows we shot all the doors with the BM impervex windows and all. When they dried we wet down the window paints, scored the edges and peeled off the paint on the windows in sheets. It worked fantastic. Got the idea from a house cleaning gal. She said we did excellent work, but the other spray jockeys were slop artists and she always said she wished they would spray the entire window instead of getting mist on them....gave me the idea...