This is one of those things that I knowingly dismissed a few years ago when we bought the house. But now I’m getting more exposure directly to the doors, it’s kind of bothering me:

I like the fact there’s a cat-door allowing access to the utility room–and their cat boxes…

…but if you’re going to go through the effort to cut a hole in the door, maybe make the additional effort — not going the extra mile, but at least the extra 24-inches — to at least get it roughly centered.

It’s not the only one. There’s also the fire door to the garage that’s also endured the same slapdash home-improvement.

Fortunately, the steel fire door for the outer garage has its dog door centered.

Doors #5 – #8 painting started.

Yes, those two on the right are indeed black. They look grey, but they’re definitely black. The paint was definitely brushed as well. And they have mis-aligned brush-marks as well. And that was over a pale lime-green. I mean, kudos to whomever brushed them. But never brush a door. Ever.

I’ve enough material to add an even coat — maybe one more — but will need to obtain another gallon to finish them properly and the other eight doors yet to be painted.

Not perfect, but given the several realities in texture/paint/light/examination — I’m pleased with the results.

That fifth door on the far right is going to be a different color, because I can. It was damaged by the previous occupants. Rather than dispose of it straight away, I’ll keep it around to temporarily provide a front door while I remove and refinish the entry door. I suppose that means that I really have 20 doors to finish, not 19

Still need to replace the door-guide that was broken long ago. And, of course, baseboard will need to be acquired/lacquered/fitted.

But as far as doors go: only 15… er… 16 more to go.

Started painting the interior doors.

Improvised a spray station in the workshop — protect the floor and walls from overspray. The first four doors needed to be sanded as well.

Reminder: primer isn’t paint. The primer that’s applied when doors are manufactured will still need to be painted. It’s just primer — it does nothing to stop dirt, wear, use.

This, though, should do nicely. We had it tinted of course because ultra pure white is whiter than you think.

So, after the first coat of paint on the doors…

I spied something red probably soaking through the paint. I guess I’ll have to sand that down and use a more thorough chemical to remove it — denatured alcohol is the next thing to try. Easy enough.

Oh.

Okay, I can deal with that — but I’ll need to let it dry so I can sand it off.

Er…

Alright, that’s annoying. Wait for them to dry, then start sanding.

Perhaps I’ll try a smaller tip, slightly lower pressure, and a bit more speed.

Or switch to an HVLP so I can dial the delivery way back.

Or rig up a door spray-stand and shoot them flat, one at a time. I’m sure it would yield passable results, but it would be insanely time consuming. Two days per door x 19 doors… maybe we’ll just try an HVLP instead.