I made a last minute decision to do some painting outside because the weather is prime for painting. We have a side door on our garage that H hung - it’s one of the doors that you are suppose to hang and then wait a bit to paint…that standard grey in color…is it likely pre-primed or do I need to prime it before painting the final color???
I suppose I could just prime to be sure, but I just would love to save the step if pre-primed is the case. H is out of town and out of reach this morning so can’t ask him…
I’ll look on Lowe’s where we probably got it but also if you have a thought please let me know!
Sounds like it’s primed. You might want to ask your paint supplier for advice and they’ll probably want to know the type of door (steel, fiberglass, wood, etc.) I’d take a chance on it but I tend to be impatient.
My only advice (which may be unneeded) is to be sure to paint the top and bottom edges of the door. That’s hard to do after the door has been hung and we’ve owned several houses where the “professional” painters skipped that step. We ended up replacing those doors long before it should have been necessary.
^^Thanks. The door is already hung…H did that last year and I’m just getting around to getting the painting task done. I washed it well and am letting it dry out. We do have exterior primer so I think I’ll just go ahead and put a coat on before the finish color. I’ll do a quick search to make sure I won’t mess it up by priming it w/paint! Actually I’ll call my paint store right now…
SW says won’t hurt to prime it - that’s what I’ll do!
And after priming, you have a window to paint the final coat. Be sure to scruff up the primer coat, first, just before painting the color coat and before any 2nd. Some may disagree with this, but it made my paint jobs so much better lasting. The scruff gives something for the next coat to cling to.
Project got a little bigger as I got into it. Ended up priming the door, the trim, then painted the narrow wall of the garage (faces the driveway) that the door is on to freshen it up and then painted the trim with regular paint. Tomorrow I should just have to do two coats of the actual door color.
