HI,
I am needing to paint my front door and it it metal. I have painted it before but the paint keeps chipping off. It is in direct sun light most of the day and I thought maybe that had something to do with it or maybe I have been using the wrong paint. Can you help me with this issue?
Thanks
Welcome to our community Kfloyd09!
I’m sorry you are having trouble painting your door. Sometimes metal can be tough to paint. :smileysad:
The most ideal way to paint metal is to use oil based paint. Rust-Oleum, Glidden and Behr all have oil based paints available. The Rust-Oleum oil- based paint come pre-tinted. Glidden’s “Trim and Door” paint is an extra high gloss, gel paint and also comes pre-tinted. Behr’s oil based paint comes in a semi-gloss finish and can be tinted to any Behr color. Since you are having a really hard time getting anything to stick to your door, I would recommend highly that you use an exterior grade, oil based primer.
If painting your door with oil based paint doesn’t sound appealing to you, you can use an exterior latex based paint. However, you will have to use an oil based, exterior primer before you paint. Since you mentioned that you are in direct sun most of the day, I would highly recommend using a paint that is fade resistant. The Behr Ultra and the Behr Marquee both have superior fade resistant qualities. Both of these products are a paint and primer in one. Marquee is the upgraded version of Ultra, if you will. Marquee does everything that Ultra does, but better.
Good luck with your door. Hopefully this time around you have better luck!
If you have any more questions, please let us know!
Christine :smileyhappy: