How to Spray Paint a French Window Door

Spray paint isn't only useful for writing slogans on alley walls, it can also be a handy tool to quickly and easily apply paint to a desired surface. Spray paint is especially useful if the surface you need to paint is relatively small, as one can of the stuff will generally only cover areas up to 10 square feet -- less, if the surface requires multiple coats. French doors, for example, have a paintable surface that is small enough to warrant the use of spray paint over more conventional paint.

Newspaper
Painters tape
Sandpaper

Instructions

- 1
  Cover each pane of glass with newspaper and secure the paper down with painters tape. Make sure you do not cover any soon-to-be-painted surface with either the tape or the newspaper -- it is there only to protect the glass. Cover the knobs and hinges with painters tape as well.
- 2
  Sand the surface of the door with your sandpaper so that the surface is roughened slightly. This will help the paint bond to the wood.
- 3
  Clean off the sanding dust from the door's face.
- 4
  Shake your spray paint can for two minutes to mix the paint thoroughly.
- 5
  Hold the paint about 6 inches from the door's surface, then depress the spray button.
- 6
  Move the spray paint slowly up and down the door's surface between the window panes. Do not worry about achieving a uniform color just yet, instead focus on setting down an even texture and not pooling the paint in one area.
- 7
  Give the paint an hour to dry, then apply a second and third coat of spray paint as necessary.
- 8
  Wait two hours for the paint to dry after the last coat, then remove the newspaper and painters tape.

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