Can I paint my door with acrylic craft paint???

I want to paint my door gold so I went to walmart and they had metalic gold acrylic paint. Can I use this to paint my door or will it just chip off? thanksCan I paint my door with acrylic craft paint???
You should be fine with acrylics on your door. The think you need to make sure is what you paint over. Most chipping is not from the quality of the paint but a dirty or improper undercoat. Find out what paint you have on your door now and go from there. Any good paint store that isn't a huge warehouse store should have someone that knows paint and won't just refer you to books on the walls.Can I paint my door with acrylic craft paint???
no problem, you can use acrylic paint on a door.


heres the steps, and you will want to follow all of them as your using a gold metallic paint, the effect can be ruined if not done right, but dont worry it's easy.


1. sanding, you need to use a 120 grit sand paper to knock off any particals and begin to create a smooth surface.


2 switch to 220 grit sand paper and smooth the surface further, just till you can rub your hand accross it and not feel any groves or notches.


3. clean it down well, use white spirit or turps, this is a very important step as the smallest bit of dust will stand out later, vacume the floor as well as particals of dust will just move back up when you move around.


4. undercoat. i would use a oil based or solvent based undercoat as it gvie a better finish for smoothing down thanks to it's hi-build. use a small sponge roller to apply, then line it off with a brush. (line it off = run the brush up and down to make the paint look a bit like it was applyed by brush)


5. leave it over night so it will be good and dry for the next day.


6. sand down again with the 220 grit sand paper to make the surface smooth again and to knock off any dust particals you may have missed.


7. clean it again, same as before (dont forget to vacume the floor)


8. time to paint, apply you'll be painting with a brush on this bit so try to see if you can get a 2 inch sash brush (or turks head for the old school painters out there) you want to paint in lines, starting at the top, paint 2 lines about 4 inches apart, the without adding more paint to the brush join the 2 lines together in a sideways motion, then line it off up and down, just keep doing this till it's all covered, you my need to give it 2 coats as it an acrylic paint your using.


9. jobs done, if you have followed all the steps you will be looking at a perfecty smooth finish that will give you a semi-shine, if you want it glossy you just need to repeat step 9 using laqure insted of paint, but it must go on very very thin.


good luck and have fun.
Sand the door well to rough up the old finish. Priming it might give you a better look once it's painted. If you are worried about it not lasting, Krylon makes a clear top coat.