Respraying door

Captain Slow IRL

I've a replacement door gotten but it's the wrong colour. I was talking to an ex-coworker and he was telling me if I prepped it and brought it down to him he'd spray it.

He has told me to flatten the paint with 1200 wet and dry and make sure the surface is clean afterwards for the spraying.

I was wondering if this would be enough - would it help if I primed the door beforehand? If so, would etch primer or regular primer be more suitable?

Thank you, in advance!

Owen

He's asked you to scuff it with 1200 w&dry, which is fine, provided the door has no existing paint damage. If you're scuffing it, you must must must use a sanding block, otherwise you'll have microscopic high and low spots from sanding by hand which will be magnified when paint and lacquer hit them.

He'll most likely prime the door himself, as that will require flatting off later on too. As for cleaning the door, I don't know why he would ask you to do that, as it'll need to be done with antisil/panel wipe, which you wouldn't have lying around and he would.

Captain Slow IRL

Sorry, I meant to clean all the tar, etc. off it before flatting it down.

He didn't say anything about primer - I'd just assumed he was gonna spray it directly on to the flattened paint (can this be done?)

Owen

It can, but the original colour may show through even a tenth which would influence the new colour. Primer levels the playing field.