Renovating your house or apartment is quite an ordinary thing, although many are afraid of it, but still agree to do it, but a reasonable question may arise - how to paint an MDF door? At first glance, it would seem that there is nothing complicated about this - take a brush and paint, but not everything is so simple - the result may be different.
Below we will talk about the most practical and effective methods, and in addition, you can watch the thematic video in this article as additional material.
What do we need
Explanation. MDF (Medium Density Fiberboard, MDF) is a medium density fiberboard.
This material is produced by dry pressing of finely dispersed wood chips.
Urea resins modified with melamine serve as a binding component there.
Tools and materials
Note. Manufacturers produce their products already primed, that is, ready for use, so they should not be primed.
- First of all, you need to figure out what to paint with. MDF doors, that is, we mean paint and varnish materials. The best, one might even say, the only option for such work is acrylic paints on water based for wood products. Despite such a seemingly “flimsy” base like water, they have an excellent rich color, do not fade, can be washed without any problems with a wet cloth (sponge) and besides, they are practically odorless.
- Some people try to use a substance such as Zinga conductive paint for this, but this is more similar to the cold galvanizing method and is more suitable for metal products than for lumber. But although fire-retardant metal paints Polistil can be used for wood, they are susceptible to active exposure to moisture and are additionally coated with enamels. (See also article.)
- To apply paint to the surface of the door, it is most convenient and qualitatively effective to use flat, narrow and wide paint brushes. Of course, it is more convenient to paint panels with wide brushes, but if there is glass in the door, then, of course, a narrow brush will be much better. When purchasing them, you should pay attention to the working part and check whether the bristles are sticking out, otherwise you will have to constantly remove hairs from the surface or you may not even notice it, and after drying it (the hair) will leave a mark. (See also article.)
- If you have an ordinary door with two panels, then to speed up painting work and to save paint, you can use a terry or wool roller, and paint the recesses with a brush. Just don’t use a foam roller, as it slips and the coating ends up with bald patches.
Let's start painting
So, apply the first coat of paint with your own hands using a brush or paint roller, or using both one and the other tool and do not be afraid to paint the ends. The fact is that poorly painted door ends are a fairly common occurrence, because if there is an extra thin layer there, problems begin to arise after a while - the door stops closing normally and rubs against the frame.
After this, it is often necessary to recess the canopies or break the box with spacers.
When using a water-based acrylic coating, this does not happen, since the liquid is absorbed into the wood and the film is absolutely insignificant. After you have applied the first layer, you can rest for 15 or 20 minutes - during this time the door will be dry, but what you see may upset you - the surface will change little (especially for light colors) and, moreover, they will spots and stains!
But don’t let this bother you - after all, you have to apply the next layer - and you will do it, and besides, such actions are provided for by the instructions that are printed on the packaging (jar, canister).
After the second layer has dried, carefully inspect the surface to ensure that there are no defects in the form of stains or uneven tone. If you don’t notice anything like this, and you are satisfied with everything, then you can use it, but if necessary, it is better to apply a third layer, which will certainly be the last.
But even now the canvas must be inspected after drying, because you could simply skip any of the sections, and this is no wonder, because on at this stage the shades will merge strongly and it will be possible to distinguish between fresh and old only by their shine.
When everything is ready and the door is completely dry, you can begin the process of operation and forget about the roller and brushes for several years, and this is quite normal, but there are people who have a creative gyrus hidden somewhere deep in their brains, which always haunts them, even when everything is fine.
Well, then you can add a little variation that won't be too noticeable since it's a pure classic - look at the photo above - it uses regular bronze and a thin brush.
Conclusion
Now you know how to paint an MDF door and you understand that it is quite simple and, one might say, even pleasant, since you won’t even feel the smell during the process. Just do not neglect the instructions and do not use other paints, then your door will turn out beautiful and will last you a long time!
After purchasing an apartment or after a certain period of time living in one place, you may want to do redecorating. If everything is clear with wallpapering, rearranging furniture, replacing flooring, then how to update the door leaves. Not every person knows how to paint interior doors made of MDF.
MDF is a medium density fiberboard. It is made from wood chips, which can be of large, medium, or small fractions. It is pressed using special equipment. To hold the chips together, adhesives (urea resins) are added.
The peculiarities of this material are that due to its heterogeneity, MDF absorbs a large number of coloring composition. In addition to this, it is necessary to choose high-quality paint, otherwise, under the influence of environmental factors, the decorative layer will become covered with cracks. Due to the addition of urea resins for gluing boards, the environmental friendliness of the material deteriorates. In order not to harm the human body, you need to choose only environmentally friendly coloring compounds.
Required tools and materials
It is important to know not only how to paint, but also how to paint MDF doors at home. Initially, you need to prepare tools, materials, additional accessories, which will be useful when carrying out the planned work.
Tools:
- Brushes. They are necessary for painting inaccessible and patterned areas. The roller cannot catch them. The main thing when choosing brushes is to check the condition of the bristles. It should not crumble or climb during operation.
- Roller. When purchasing this tool, you need to choose a terry or wool working part. Foam rollers are left empty seats when painting.
- Tray for coloring composition or primer. Its size is suitable for applying coloring composition to work surface roller for further work.
- To stir the paint, you can use any metal stick or electric drill with a mixer.
These were the main tools. You will also need a set of screwdrivers, a screwdriver or a pry bar. They are needed to remove the door leaf. Plus masking tape, scissors, a sharp blade for sealing decorative elements. Stencils are useful for creating decorations. The question of whether it is possible to paint MDF doors coated with PVC film often arises. In this case, it is necessary to initially make the smooth plastic rough. To do this you need to buy fine sandpaper.
Paint selection
Before you start painting the door leaf, you need to pay attention Special attention choice of coloring composition. There are a number of requirements that you need to pay attention to when choosing a coloring composition:
- Choose paints that smell less. These include water-based compositions.
- It is important to choose formulations without adding toxic and harmful components to the body.
- When choosing paint, you need to pay attention to wear-resistant compounds. The doors are used constantly. Not every coating can withstand intense loads.
- Choose quick-drying paints and varnishes. This is typical for water-based and acrylic paints.
- MDF has a porous structure, and a matte paint composition will look unsightly on such a surface. The glossy outer layer hides this flaw.
- The purchased container should say “high adhesion.”
Important! You need to pay attention to paint consumption. The normal figure is 1 kg of paint and primer per door leaf size 2000×800 mm.
You can find various paints in markets, construction and hardware stores. They can all be divided into three groups.
Acrylic enamels
You can find a huge amount color shades. The advantages of acrylic compounds are that they do not exude unpleasant odor and dry quickly.
Alkyd and alkyd-urethane enamels
These formulations are considered the most popular. Consumers appreciate such paints for their low prices and wide range of colors. Alkyd compositions have significant disadvantages. They emit an unpleasant odor for 3 days after application and take a long time to dry. Alkyd paints You cannot cover doors to bedrooms or paint anything in rooms where people with allergies live.
Polyurethane enamels
The advantages of these paints are durability and beautiful appearance after application. But the high price, toxicity, and unpleasant odor are not suitable for all buyers.
Attention! Any kind decorative covering a certain amount of drying time is required before further work is carried out.
Painting process
When tools, materials, and additional devices are prepared, it is necessary to create a working atmosphere. To avoid staining the floor, you need to cover it with polyethylene. Paper is not suitable for this, as it will become saturated with paint and marks will remain on the surface. When the surface is covered, you can begin to carry out the main work.
Preparatory stage
First of all, you need to remove the door leaf from its hinges. If the door is old, a pry bar is used for this. It needs to be placed on one side under the canvas to create a lever. When pressure is applied to the other side, the canvas will go up and come off the hinges. In new doors, the hinges are fixed to the door with self-tapping screws. You can unscrew them with a screwdriver or screwdriver.
You need two people to remove the canvas. This is due to the large weight of the structure.
Door needs cleaning sandpaper. Sweep away the debris with a brush. Decorative inserts made of metal or glass are sealed with masking tape.
Padding
When the canvas is prepared, it is necessary to apply a primer. She will hide various defects. After applying the composition, you must wait the time indicated on the package. When the first layer has dried, it is necessary to inspect the surface for scratches and cracks. A total of 3-4 layers of primer are needed. This amount will reduce the absorbency rate of MDF.
Painting stage
When the primer has dried, you can begin painting. Painted first hard to reach places. A brush is used for this. The surface is painted with a roller. The first layer must dry before continuing work.
After drying, you need to apply another layer, wait until it dries, and cover the canvas with the outer layer. The finishing layer must be applied carefully. After coating, it is necessary to check the finished surface for defects.
Antique
To age the door, it is necessary to use glaze as a finishing layer. This is a special thinner that can be purchased at the same place where you buy paint. It strengthens the structure of MDF and draws out the structure of the material. The last layer of work will be varnishing.
When the varnish has dried, you need to install the door leaf in place, remove the masking tape and throw out the trash. The varnish will strengthen the paint and protect it from mechanical stress.
To paint an MDF door, you do not need to have any additional skills. It is important to know the features of this material and perform a certain sequence of actions. We must not forget about sanding the canvas with sandpaper and coating it with a primer.
Moreover, the possibilities of the construction market allow this. To do this, you need to buy a primed one (that is, ready for painting). Such a door can be painted well with acrylic paint (which means water-based - almost odorless). Acrylic paint applies well to a primed MDF door even with a brush and does not leave streaks on the surface, which is very important for the aesthetic appearance of the door.
How to paint MDF doors? How to paint the door?
It is good to apply paint (it’s faster, and besides, paint is saved) and with a brush (a brush is good for convex areas of the door panel).
Apply the first coat to the door surface with a brush. should dry in 15-20 minutes. In this case, you will discover a pleasant surprise - the paint is almost odorless. This is explained by the fact that the paint is water-based. At the same time, the quality of painting does not deteriorate in any way. Over time, the coating does not fade or fade. The doors can be washed with a damp cloth.
After the first coat of paint is applied to the surface of the door, you will find that the paint has been absorbed into the surface and the door appears unevenly painted. A second coat of paint is required. Perhaps after the second time, the paint will need to be applied a third, final time. And now that’s it, the door is ready.
How much acrylic paint is required for one set of doors?
(the set is: door leaf, frame 5 linear meters, platband 10 linear meters). Based on personal experience: One kilogram of acrylic paint is required for one set of doors.
Where to buy acrylic paint
Acrylic paint is sold wherever residential paint is sold.
Attention: to paint primed MDF doors, the following paint is required - WATER-BASED ACRYLIC PAINT FOR WOOD PRODUCTS (WINDOWS, DOORS).
Acrylic paint, intended, for example, for walls, is in no case suitable for MDF doors.
Oil paint is also not suitable, as it does not apply well to the door. It leaves a shine that is unusual for, and there are also stains left on the surface of the door from oil paint.
MDF and wood painting technology
Preparation for painting MDF and wood
The technology for painting MDF doors and furniture (facades) involves preparation, painting and intermediate operations at a temperature of 18-28 ° C, relative humidity air 50-80% and wood humidity 8-14%. The surfaces to be painted, the paints and varnishes used, and the painting equipment must have the same temperature.
Primer, paint and varnish for MDF and wood are supplied ready to be painted and preliminary preparation not required. If tinting paints and varnishes (paint and varnish materials) is carried out independently, you should be guided general recommendations on paint tinting.
Before painting MDF and wood primer, paint and varnish must be filtered through a 50-100 micron filter. The filtering process is mandatory for finishing materials, especially for glossy coatings. If filtered paints and varnishes have been stored for more than two weeks, the paintwork materials should be filtered again before painting.
Wood priming, intermediate sanding
When painting porous wood before application finishing coating Wood and MDF primer should be used. Recommended parameters for spraying the primer: working pressure 2–4 atm., nozzle size 1.6–2.4 mm, wet layer thickness 80-120 µm. Drying of the primer can be carried out in the range from 16 to 60 ° C, while the drying time until ready for sanding is from 6 hours to 30 minutes. When varnishing doors, the first layer of wood varnish can act as a primer layer.
When developing the technology for painting wood and MDF, the optimal test for readiness for sanding is whether the sanding paper is clogged or not. The primer for wood and MDF is designed with the following conditions: manual grinding, and machine, the primer is also ideal for infrared drying. When sanding, do not sand down to the base; if such areas occur, the product should be re-primed.
Painting interior doors
Finishing paintwork is done by air spraying: working pressure 2.5–4 atm., nozzle size 1.6–2.4 mm. MDF paint and varnish are ideal for painting using the HVLP technology (using a spray gun). On request, acrylic paint and wood varnish are supplied as a roller application option, in combination with infrared drying.
Painting (staining) of MDF and wood is carried out in one layer, the recommended thickness of the wet layer is 120-150 microns. For more convenient painting, the door leaf is positioned at an angle of 15-20°; painting in a vertical position also does not cause any particular difficulties.
Drying painted wood and MDF
Drying wood and painted MDF acrylic paint, for maximum productivity and production stability, is carried out at temperatures from 35 to 60 ° C at a relative humidity of 50-80%, drying time is from 1.5 to 2 hours. It is preferable to use a convective drying method. It is recommended to monitor the relative humidity in the dryer; the drying time of aqueous paints and varnishes is very dependent on this parameter.
It should be noted that familiarization with the technology of painting interior doors with industrial paint and varnish materials for MDF and wood, drying is not recommended room temperature. Seemingly easy to use, requires professional painting skills and experience.
Warehousing and transportation
Before storing, painted interior door leaves must be lined with soft paper or packed in individual cardboard packages to avoid friction on the painted surface. It is not recommended to expose painted products to long-term exposure to water and negative temperatures the first seven days. Warehousing and storage: 5-25 °C at a relative humidity of 50-80%. Doors can be transported at temperatures down to -25 °C.
Carrying out repairs yourself, and not having sufficient construction experience, you have to face many problems that you need to solve yourself and make the right decision.
When the question arose about choosing interior doors, the renovation was already coming to an end, and, as sometimes happens, the money allocated for this event was slowly running out. In order to save money, I decided to buy and. The doors are not bad, the only color I wasn’t happy with was hospital white,
We independently make a cheap door into a beautiful and expensive one.
but for the price it was very reasonable. The question was how to paint the door in order to preserve the structure and give the door a normal look. Friends recommended Polish Lakobeits, 
We independently make a cheap door into a beautiful and expensive one.
Lakobeits has a liquid consistency, thanks to which the varnish penetrates deeply into the pores of the wood, filling them and forming a thin, uniform, water-repellent layer of varnish. It is also very convenient that the varnish and tone are mixed in one, thanks to this there is no need to first tint and then open with varnish, saving time and effort.
The technology for applying varnish is very simple. The varnish is applied with a brush, roller, or spray.
The best results are achieved when the varnish is applied with a brush, for several reasons. Doors have a certain panel pattern, and in these places, applying varnish with a spray gun or roller is very difficult to achieve a uniform coating. This can only be done by a highly qualified specialist. The brush is very easy to work with even without specific skills. Before use, Lakobeits must be stirred well, this will ensure uniformity of tone. You need to use a special brush (for varnish). In this brush, the bristles stay in place very well and do not fall out.
The varnish should be applied along the grain of the wood, or structure, in a thin, even layer. When going through the panel drawing, you need to be especially careful; smudges may form in these places, which must be removed immediately with a brush.
How better doors should I patch before installation or after? I polished the first door before installation. Place the door on a horizontal surface, being careful not to leak. I will say that the process is very inconvenient. You need to open one side, wait a day, turn it over and open the other side, and then repeat the process again, because the door needs to be coated with two layers of varnish.
I decided to open all the other doors with varnish, when the doors were already installed in the openings with embedded locks and mounted cash, the speed of the process exceeded all expectations.
We independently make a cheap door into a beautiful and expensive one.
Doors prepared in this way can be installed in all rooms. Two layers of varnish provide the door with protection from high humidity and frequent temperature changes. The coating is very durable and practical.
Thanks to Lakobeits, the doors acquired a beautiful and very durable walnut tone. Almost indistinguishable from natural wood.
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Painting MDF: technology for painting MDF products
A door leaf made by you or a semi-finished door leaf without exterior finishing, purchased in a store, you can paint it yourself or finish its surface in various non-standard ways (photo on the right, click to download a larger resolution file).
As a rule, finishing or updating the appearance of a door consists of painting it with ordinary ready-made paints and varnishes of various colors. This method of painting a door is practiced everywhere, regardless of the fame of the company or the qualifications of the specialists. That's just what everyone does.
short and important explanations,
which may be useful to you not only on the topic of this article.
But if you apply non-standard methods If you paint a door with your own hands, you can turn a new or old door leaf into an exclusive one that not only pleases the eye, but also attracts attention with its unusualness. At the same time, the cost of painting a door can be ridiculously small, and the result will exceed all your expectations.
Technologies high-quality painting do-it-yourself doors.
For comfortable work For any type of door painting, first of all, you need to prepare workplace, which can be placed in the yard, garage or any utility room Your site or just in an empty room in a city apartment.
To equip your workplace you just need to put it on flat surface 2 stools, on which you should place a piece of board no longer than the width of the door leaf. The boards need to be covered with lint-free thick fabric so that after turning the door over, there are no scratches, dents or other unwanted marks left on the varnished surface. On the stand prepared in this way, we place the door leaf, prepared for painting.
With this position of the door leaf it is very convenient to paint the door. You will appreciate this during the work process - the door leaf is located at a distance of at least 40 centimeters from the floor, which allows you to paint with a spray gun without raising dust from the floor with a jet of air from the spray gun. In addition, this makes it easier to paint the door while standing full height without straining the spine.
Painting doors with varnish or paint should be done in the following order: using a spray gun, first blow out all the ends, going around the door, then cover the surface of the door, starting from yourself and not stopping until the entire surface is completely painted.
Each painting pass should begin and end outside the door leaf. Under no circumstances should you paint sections of the door towards each other (although this is more convenient). That is, first paint the door halfway, and then, moving to the other side, continue painting the second half of the door. Do you want to spoil it? Give it a try.
This means that, no matter how wide the door is and no matter how short the arms, painting should be done on any (convenient) side, but only on one side from start to finish.
Painting the other side of the door can begin only after the first side (face) has completely dried, but not earlier than 2 hours when using nitrocellulose paints and not earlier than the complete drying period indicated on the package for other types of paints and varnishes.
Important! The painted surfaces of the sides and ends of the doors never peel off, since they are not glued, but painted. Peeling finishes are a disease of branded doors.
Let's look at several ways to paint a door yourself.
The first method of painting a door.
The method most often used in Everyday life when updating the appearance of the door leaf. How is this usually done? Purchase paint of the required color ready for use. The door is lightly sanded and the door leaf is painted with a brush or roller. Not the most difficult, but not the most original way painting the door, but very often applicable.
But if you approach painting a door creatively, you can make it look almost indistinguishable from a new one. What needs to be done to paint a new or old door was it high quality? First of all, before painting the door with any types of paints and varnishes, its surface must be well prepared and the surface must be primed.
The primer is a 30% solution of the paint
which will subsequently be applied as a decorative layer.
That is, ready-to-use paint from the manufacturer must be diluted with a solvent (thinner) in a ratio of one to three.
The primed surface of the door leaf will not only increase the adhesion of the paint layer, but will also allow you to see all the flaws in the prepared surface. After applying the primer, it is not forbidden to perform additional leveling of the surface by partially or completely re-putting the surface.
If you are satisfied with the quality of the surface, then we paint the door with paint of the selected color in two layers using a spray gun. Painting a door with a spray gun allows you to get the highest quality surface not only in appearance, but also in strength.
For transparent door finishes, I recommend using colored NC paints for painting. You can obtain the required varnish color by adding artistic oil paints to the varnish on any base (NC, PF).
When using NC paints, after the second layer has dried (after 20-30 minutes), the entire surface of the door leaf is lightly sanded with fine or erased emery cloth To remove roughness, sweep away the dust with a thick brush and cover it in one layer with matte furniture or parquet varnish. When using slow-drying paints, recoating is done only after the first layer has completely dried.
You can use the instructions included with each paint package to determine the drying time of the paint. But it should be borne in mind that the drying time is indicated with the obligatory maintenance of appropriate temperatures and humidity. When the temperature drops below 20 degrees and the ambient humidity increases, the drying time must necessarily be increased.
By running the palm of your hand over the painted surface, you can feel the quality of the surface finish. We coat any surface with varnish so that light sanding does not spoil the color of the paint. If we try to lightly sand a simply painted surface to remove small fluff, we will get clearly visible stripes that will ruin the entire decorative look.
That is, you cannot sand the paint, but varnished surface Can.
While one side of the door is drying, let's talk about nitrocellulose enamel. What are the benefits of using NC paints when painting a door? First of all, this is the speed of finishing the door and any painting works. In addition, NC paint allows you to perform work in unsuitable rooms (in the garage, in the yard, outdoors) - quick drying of the paint layer eliminates the adhesion of specks, dust or small insects.
To use any other types of paints, which take more than half an hour to dry to touch, a special sterile room is required, which naturally complicates the work.
Try to paint not in direct sunlight, but in the shade. If we paint a door in the hot sun, we can get a disgusting result. This will happen because the surface of the door leaf may be too high temperature and the NC paint will dry instantly, without having time to stick to the surface.
But if we cover the surface of the door leaf heated by the sun with parquet varnish, we will get an exceptionally hard and durable surface. Notice the difference and use these LMB features where appropriate.
So, one side of the door has dried, turn it over and paint the other side of the door leaf using the same technology. And not necessarily in the same color, because another room may have a different finish. You can’t buy doors painted to match the decoration of your apartment, and even in different colors on each side, in a store, but it’s ridiculously easy to make such a miracle with your own hands.
And if you insert a stained glass window into a monochromatic door. made with your own hands, then from an ordinary door you will get such a beauty, which you can see by clicking on the template photo 1.
So, painting the door in a single color is not the worst, but a completely normal option. What is important is the final design and selection of door paint color that matches overall design rooms.
We dry the painted door leaf for 24 hours. We fasten the hinges and install the door. In some cases, to perform a higher quality door finish, door hinges attached before painting.
DIY MDF door painting
DIY door painting
If the door has lost its spectacular appearance, is dilapidated and outdated, then it is probably time to paint it. It should be noted that such a process as painting a door is absolutely simple and can be carried out easily and, most importantly, very quickly by almost any person, even those far from the construction field.
Tools and materials
Although painting a door with your own hands is a very simple process, you still have to prepare some tools and materials. In particular, the materials you will need are the paint itself (oil paint is the best for such purposes), a primer for the paint (round and flat), and also a little mastic (in case you have to repair unsightly irregularities in the door leaf).
The tools needed to carry out such a process as painting a door with your own hands will be a table or construction sawhorses, a sander, a spatula, paint brushes, sandpaper, as well as a standard “gentleman’s set” - a screwdriver, a hammer and nails.
Door painting process
All work on painting a door begins with removing it from its hinges. It is worth noting that the process is quite simple, but if the door is heavy, then it is better to enlist the help of assistants. After dismantling the door itself, all fittings are removed from it (handles, lock plates, locks) and it is either leaned at an angle against the wall (which is not very convenient for painting), or placed horizontally on a pre-prepared trestle (in some cases you will have to use two of these supports). It should be noted that it is much easier to carry out all painting work on a flat horizontal surface than if the door leaf is tilted.
3. After cleaning the door, fresh wood must be coated with a layer of special primer. This must be done so that the paint does not absorb too quickly and its costs are not too high.
4. Directly painting the door with your own hands begins with the largest surfaces of the canvas. It is worth noting that after completion of painting work on the largest surfaces, the ribs and various parts fastenings (if, of course, this is necessary).
After applying the paint coat, you should carefully inspect the door. If one layer of paint is not enough, you can apply a second one. But, the next layer of paint can be applied only after the first has been sanded.
In addition to the above-mentioned painting technology using oil-based dyes, there is another method of painting a door, but only a tinting composition (special impregnation for wood) is used as the main material. As a rule, such paint is sold in any specialized store and purchasing it will not be difficult.
MDF doors are most often used when renovating budget housing. They are durable, inexpensive, and attractive in appearance. Modern manufacturers offer a wide range color range, variety of textures and patterns. All these characteristics make it possible to install them in any room. Except finished doors, you can also buy plain white ones and paint them any color or apply any design.
Let's try to figure out some tricks for painting MDF doors.
The color and style of the door to be painted must match general style interior For example, if your house or apartment is decorated in a modern or high-tech style, paint the doors in smooth, solid colors that harmonize with the overall color.
Painting MDF doors is no different from painting any other surface. If the door does not have texture and panel inserts, and has an absolutely smooth surface, it is better to paint it with a roller or spray. If you are not a professional, but a simple amateur, we recommend using a roller. When painting embossed doors, brushes are used. It is better to choose brushes designed for varnish; they are denser and contain less lint. Before painting, it is better to filter the paint and primer to remove even the smallest grains. On a glossy finish, even with minimal lighting, they will be very visible.
Painting begins from the surface of the end sides. Then paint the top quarter from the left corner to the right, then the next quarter in the same direction, and so on down to the bottom.
The most common doors are painted in a universal color that can be combined with all colors - White color. This is the simplest solution.
Paneled doors begin to be painted from the sides of the panels, then move on to painting the panels themselves, then paint the vertical sides, while making vertical movements with a brush. To emphasize the originality of the panels, they can be painted in different colors.
If the surface has a wooden structure, it can be given the effect of solid wood. To achieve this visual sensation, mix varnish with paint and apply it to the surface twice.
A very interesting effect can be achieved by mastering the two-step craquelure technique http://www.gomtpp.ru/dekorirovanie/texnika-krakelyur-svoimi-rukami.html. This is a very effective way to decorate any antique items.
The same effect is achieved on a smooth structure. To do this, purchase two types of paint of similar shades, reminiscent of the color of wood. First apply more light tone, and until it dries, vertical movements are made from top to bottom with a special brush, bending the lines so that the resulting stripes resemble a cut of wood. After the first layer has dried, apply a second one with a darker paint.
About painting MDF doors.
