Painting panel doors.

cosmowillie53

Advice please:
I have prepared and undercoated a few interior panel doors with Johnsons water based undercoat/primer. I applied two coats by brush and am very happy with the finish...not a brush mark in sight.
I want to finish of with a gloss . Getting a brush/smudge free finish is much harder with final coat as the paint dries soooo fast. I tried using a small spunge type roller on one door but got an orange peel effect.

Q: What paint should I use and how should I apply. I think the real problem is the speed at which now dries and that panel doors (6 panel) are slower to paint.

Thanks

tabby aspreme

If you haven't done so already take the doors off their hinges and put them down flat , that way you can put the paint on slightly heavier which gives a longer drying time without the paint running.

sky6

Get some Owatrol oil an add it to your paint. It evens out the paint and gets rid of brush stroke and marks.

cosmowillie53

Thank you both for help.
I hadn't heard of Owatrol so that's intereresting..

Usually you would paint all six panels and then carry on painting the rest of the door from top to bottom but, as the paint dries so fast now is that possible anymore. I wonder what full time painters do to get round this problem.

Thanks