How to Paint an Exterior Factory-Primed Steel Door

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Tip 1 - How to Paint an Exterior Factory-Primed Steel Door | eHow

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Prema Subramanian | permalink

Priming the surfaces on the exterior of your house is a crucial step in painting them because it seals the surface and ensures the final coat of paint will adhere well. Fortunately, today most newly installed steel entry doors come pre-primed, meaning a coat of primer was applied at the factory and the door is ready to paint. Just a few...

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Tip 2 - Painting a Steel Door

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Sophie Allard | permalink

Often there is some confusion about painting a steel door. Many homeowners have heard about the problems associated with painting pre-primed steel doors.

For further reading: http://www.house-painting-info.com/articles/painting-a-steel-door/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - How should I prepare a steel door for painting?

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by o ACE 0 FSP 3 D 3 So | permalink

I have two typical steel entry doors that were factory primed. They were installed 8 years ago in a new addition on my home. I am finally (!?) getting ready to paint them. The interior finish paint

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Tip 4 - Any experts? Painting metal front door.

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Eliza Pelkowska | permalink

I'm completely stumped. This will be the 3rd time we've screwed up and had to strip the paint from the metal front door. I could sure use some expert advice. The 1st try was with Benjamin Moore semigloss exterior paint over the existing faded paint. We used a small closed cell foam roller. The Benja...
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Tip 5 - Painting a pre-primed steel exterior door

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Kim La Breche | permalink

We installed a steel entrance door last summer. It came pre-painted white (or it might be pre-primed). It has a large leaded glass insert that is held in with 1 1/2" + wide white molding made of polypropylene. What is the best kind of paint to use on both the primed metal part and the polypropy...
Tags: house,architecture,design,interior design,interior designer,architect,kitchen,bath,modern,traditional,contemporary,contractor,builder

For further reading: http://ths.gardenweb.com/discussions/2479818/painting-a-pre-primed-steel-exterior-door ^[5]