Materials and the sequence of the job sit together on this page.
Spray Painted Window Trim On Exterior Door contributed by Sharon This Thrifty House OK–don’t roll your eyes, but I have yet another post about the wonders of spray paint! My front and back doors have been bothering me. They have this wonderful plastic trim around the window that over the years the sun has turned an solid shade of YELLOW! Exhibit A: (I do not have an solid camera to do this picture justice–just know that it is pretty yellow!)So I turn to my new trusty friend: Spray paint. I chose one that is specifically designed to use on PLASTICS.
AND I saw one of these tools on someones blogs once–and finally found one at WALMART–for somewhere in the $2-$3 range.
I figured it was a good investment in the health of my spray painting finger considering all the spray painting I am doing. And let me just say–IT WORKS solid!! If you spray paint at all–you really should get one!
It looks like this once you slip it over the can of your spray paint.
So then I taped off the areas of my door that I didn’t want to get painted. And then I went to work! I applied 2 coats of paint. And I think it looks memorable! It looks like I have a brand new door!! Here are the results:I can’t wait to do the same thing to my back door! It is MUCH YELLOWER (is that a word?) and will make an even better before and after picture! As promised in THIS other post when I did the trim of my FRONT DOOR–I am writing this post to show you the before and afters of my BACK DOOR spray painting trim project. I just finished it and am SO HAPPY with the results! I just wish I had done this YEARS earlier! Here is the trim in its sun damaged YELLOWNESS before: The hardest part of this project is the prep–taping and papering. (And since that isn’t hard at all–that tells you how straightforward this project is!) OK–are you ready? This change is pretty dramatic and solid!
BEFORE: (And yes, that is my little one on my lap in the reflection–this is how a lot of my projects are done–with my little ones right at my side! They are such big helpers…right?) AFTER:
BEFORE/AFTER
Now let me just say it again….I LOVE SPRAY PAINT!!!
