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Pre-Spraying Techniques

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HOW TO SPRAY DOORS. Painting Doors With A Paint Sprayer. Spraying Interior Doors.

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Before beginning to spray the doors, there are key techniques to learn. Always spray all the edges of the door first. This prevents overspray or 'dry feathering' on the main face of the door when you later spray the face. When spraying the face, start your spray pattern over the top edge of the door and continue past the bottom edge. Stopping directly at the top or bottom can cause paint runs or visible start/stop marks.

Goal: Understand the correct sequence and motion for spraying doors to avoid common issues.

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When you're spraying these doors, a couple tips. You're going to want to spray all the edges first. You spray the edges first because if you spray the face of the door first and then the edge when you're shooting down here, it's going to get overspray and dry feathering down the face of the door. So, you always do your edges first. And then when you're spraying the face of the door, go over the top and all the way down the bottom past the door so you don't get any runs. If you come just to the top of the door and come back down, you're going to get a start and stop and there's a high likelihood that that's actually going to run. So, I'll spray the sides first and then the faces. So,

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