Joint Compound & Primer question?

Question

Hi having a slight dilema.....had a "professional" painter inproperly apply primer to one side of a door.....he used a bad brush and totally messed up the texture of the surface. we are sick of sanding and are ready to just replace the door already. I had one more thought......

Could we possibly apply some joint compound over the whole side of the door?just to get a smoother surface....lightly sand and then reapply some primer PROPERLY and paint?? I

any adivce anyone can offer will be greatly appreciated...this this thing is such a headache now...Thanks.

Answer 1

After shutting and or slamming the door the compound will start cracking and chipping off. Try using a heat gun to remove the paint. If you paid a contractor/painter to paint it and your not happy with it, make him do it. Why should you go through the trouble of this if he did it?

Answer 2

I would remove the door, take it outside and lay it across two saw horses, and strip the paint off. Then, if the door is wood, sand the door until it is smooth, with 150-200+ paper, and then refinish.



It is probably not the paint brush, it is probably that the paint dried too fast to level out. That could especially be so if the paint was latex.



My policy on buying paint brushes is to find out how much a gallon of paint that you are using costs and then pick a brush where the 4" model most closely approximates the price of the gallon. You will not need a gallon, but in that set there are 3" brushes, 2 1/2 in (straight and angled), 2 inch straight and even smaller.

Answer 3

I wouldn't use joint compound. While it is easy to sand, it is extremely brittle, and would not last on a "wear" surface like a door. I had a door that was in pretty bad shape (cracks, rough surface, and holes), but it was good on the other side. I purchased a container of epoxy floor fill (yes floor fill). I laid the door down flat on some saw horses, and spread a thin coat of the material over the door surface, allowed it to set up, and then took a belt sander and finished it off. Have you tried a belt sander on the primered surface - that might work. You can rent one at Home Depot or Lowe's. Sure beats hand sanding. Then again, it might be easier and less costly to just replace the door. Good luck.

Answer 4

Definitely do not use drywall compound. Eventually it will crack and fall off the door. It's not designed for that type of use.



If you've been hand sanding the door, a power sander will be much faster, but it would probably be easier to use a stripper to take all the paint off, and the stripper will do a better job. Whoever you bought your paint from can recommend the best type of paint stripper.



If you must sand, start of with a coarse grade, say a 100 grit, and move to finer grits as you get down to the wood. Always sand with the grain of the wood.

Answer 5

Use a vibrating sander to sand the door down with some 220 grit sand paper. I don't think I would use joint compound as it would eventually crack, it is easier to sand than to remove joint compound. I would sand and apply primer and repaint.

Answer 6

DON'T use joint coumpound!! It won't adhere good to painted sufaces and is way to brittle.Use a heat gun,strip to bare,start over and" do -it -right".The more layers of anything,paint or whatever,increase the chance of cracking due to expansion and contraction of the materials. Sanding paint is a painstaking job,but if thats your only option use Very coarse paper to start with

Answer 7

If the compound has cured (dried thoroughly) the primer will not remove it.

Answer 8

try a coarser sandpaper to cut through the paint and then after it is fairly smooth resand with sandpaper that isnt as coarse and will leave it nice and smooth. good luck to you!!

Answer 9

if the person was a professional make them redo it the right way, and without pay. otherwise you are stuck with sanding and redoing it yourself.