Painted USC Industry Doors
Painted the doors I posted a few weeks back.
I am going to preface this post with: painting is not something I’m great at, nor do I enjoy doing whether it’s painting a room in the house or HMMWV doors. I am learning as I go and by no means am I am expert.
I posted a picture of the paint color code that I used. It’s the same one that the guy on YouTube that paints “Matilda” used. You can go to Home Depot show them this code and get the exact same paint.
On the first door I removed the hinges and taped the black edges and door lock/handle. Then I used a 180 grit sanding block on all the fiberglass, and cleaned all the dust with a microfiber towel and alcohol. I used a 4 inch foam roller to begin putting the paint on the door. It took a few coats of paint to get it completely covered. I should have used a grittier sanding block to rough up the fiberglass doors, I also learned using a good brush eliminated the need to have to tape and worked better than the foam roller.
When putting the door back on it did not fit as it did before. Apparently the layers of paint can cause this, but I also learned to mark the top and bottom hinges to put them back on in the same spots. This made the job easier for the rest of the doors. I also had to loosen some of the strikers to re adjust them.
Overall I think it came out good enough. Looks great from a distance, but you can notice the imperfections when you get up close.
At some point I might lightly sand the paint and spray a coat on, but it’s good enough for now.
Hope this helps someone else.