Steps for Painting a High-Gloss Front Door

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Mauro painted Jenn’s door using a Fine Paints of Europe oil-based primer/undercoat. It’s a high end, more expensive primer, but Mauro chose it because he needed the door paint to be high-performance and long lasting, especially to preserve the high sheen of the door. For the paint color itself, Jenn chose an exterior grade, oil-based high gloss paint in the color Seaweed, which is manufactured by Benjamin Moore. To fill in any holes or imperfections on the door, Mauro used MH Ready Patch wood putty, which can be found at most home centers.

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Exterior grade oil-based primer Exterior grade high gloss oil-based paint Wood putty

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