On interior doors i.e. 6 panel how heavy is your first and second coat? Oil based enamel. I give 2 very full coats using BM Dulamel. I am curious if any of you paint the first coat as a thin, light prep coat followed by a finish coat? I am wondering if 2 light coats is more efficient as well as equally effective?
How heavy are your coats?
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I prefer 2 light to 2 thick. Drying times are too slow on a thick coat, and you need to make sure you don't go over the manufacturers recommended mil thickness.
My next job has close to 40, 6 panel and 8 Bifold doors. I can paint a 6 panel (one side) in 30 min if; I can shave some time off it will help. I painted a door for practice last night and will see how it turns out today after sand, wipe and paint. I was about 5 min quicker even with my ADHD super focus and staring off into space. Ha Ha.
Believe me, it goes from being hyperfocused (that's what it's called), to being bored out of your skull.
But the challenge will keep you going for a while.
Once you put brush to door, 30 min. is too long. I spend time taking off all the hardware except hinges ( on a repaint). Then I tap a little bit of paint in all the corners around the panels and cut in the hinges. Then I use a mini roller. With the corners colored already, a mini can be used on flat surfaces w/ a brush handy to put excess paint out of corners if necessary. Usually the roller won't fill the corners.
If the doors have a grain, then I roll with one hand and brush it out with the other. Very quick method.
Thin coats.
But the challenge will keep you going for a while.
Once you put brush to door, 30 min. is too long. I spend time taking off all the hardware except hinges ( on a repaint). Then I tap a little bit of paint in all the corners around the panels and cut in the hinges. Then I use a mini roller. With the corners colored already, a mini can be used on flat surfaces w/ a brush handy to put excess paint out of corners if necessary. Usually the roller won't fill the corners.
If the doors have a grain, then I roll with one hand and brush it out with the other. Very quick method.
Thin coats.
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30 mins is far too slow. I would be looking to crack out both sides of a six panel door in about 15 mins. I also would use a small deep pile roller.
I have a long way to go if I only do one side as fast as most are doing two. I can see the roller really cutting down time with a brush as needed. My 30 min side is a grade A single coat, no runs, no drips or errors; also heavy enough to qualify as two coats. Seems like one heavy or two light is about a wash as far as time goes for me. In the effort to learn and improve my skills I am going to adopt the 2 light coats and give the roller a try.
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Can I ask you guys a couple of things?
what is enamel? - in the uk enamel is what cast iron baths are painted in.
what is 'builder's flat'?
and what is latex over there? - I'm guessing it's emulsion.
what is enamel? - in the uk enamel is what cast iron baths are painted in.
what is 'builder's flat'?
and what is latex over there? - I'm guessing it's emulsion.
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I am really, really slow.
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Latex http://www.glidden.com/productfinder/painttypes.jsp
Enamel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enamel_paint
Builders flat is a flat sheen paint.:thumbsup:
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I can roll/tip one side of a 6 panel in maybe 20 minutes. But, all bragging aside, it doesn't matter how long it takes, just make sure to be fully compensated for whatever time it takes. I usually bid them for .75-1.0 manhour. I'm in no hurry. :no:
on new construction I pop the pins and spray them, otherwise I always brush them usually about 15-20 a side.
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I was in a fix this past Saturday I was all suited up to spray all by my self..using a 310 spray tip with a fine finish filter....then bammm it hit my gun after 8 doors and trim the tip started making lines it blew out or was dirty I couldn't get it right keep clogging ...so I went with the 312 with a course tip....i wasnt ready for the paint it was about to blow....I was sweating my but off I had to maove so fast with it....and i surely wasnt going to get a new tip...I WAS IN SPRAY MODE...lol, so ye I did have a couple or three sags that i do have to fix.....
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Are you guys including a 220 grit sand in your time to paint one coat? From my notes - on an average 6 panel door, it takes 10 mins to paint one side but another 10 mins to give it a solid 220 sand prior to that coat. Are you including the time to paint one side of the door casement perhaps when you paint one side of a 'door'?
I figure a door as remove hardware, clean, sand, wipe and paint 2 coats 1.5 hours. I try as best I can to deliver a product that I would either do for myself or have someone do for me.
Like you I am in no hurry; this is a marathon not a sprint.
p.s. I might be able to paint one side in 20 min with a 5 gal bucket and broom.
I will keep at it....I only count the actual door as one side; the frame or casement is a whole different story. I also sand 220 between coats.
I am really feeling grossly underspeed. Vitamins and an exercise program?
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