Door Sticks After Painting

This fixed the sticking sound and since it s very cold and humid at this time of year i ll hold off re painting til the weather changes so the paint can fully dry before re hanging the doors.

Door sticks after painting. Every time the door opened the paint puzzle pieces made a sticking sound as they released. In other cases it may be the wood door edge itself scuffing on the door frame. How to prevent freshly painted doors from sticking tired of closing and opening a painted door and having all your paint pull off. This is why your door continues to stick.

Too much paint humidity induced swelling or an improper fit. I used a sanding block to take down the elevated areas of the paint on the door and jam. All interior and exterior surfaces way to prevent door paint from sticking to frame hello some of our interior doors were recently painted and after being closed all. In some instances you have a door that sticks along the strike area the metal part of the door frame where it meets the outermost edge of the door.

Satisfied that humidity is the culprit he pulls the hinge pins lifts the door from the jamb and gets ready to plane. Sand away bumps and lumps to allow the paint to dry smoothly lessening the chances of the freshly painted door sticking to the jamb. A painted door may stick to a frame for many reasons. It s called paint blocki.

Here are a few things you can do to prevent a freshly painted exterior door from sticking. The length of drying time depends on the paint used. And in fact the screws holding the top hinge to the jamb have stripped their holes causing the door to sag. Painting a smooth door gives paint better contact.

To prevent this problem from ever happening again all you have to do is remove the weatherstripping from the door jamb before you start the painting job. The resolution i developed was after the paint has dried a reasonable amount of time apply a coating of water based polyurethane where the contact areas sticks. Step 2 check for a loose hinge photo by craig raine. Painting the door in place step 1 leave the door wide open after you have finished painting it.

But after fixing them tom finds that the door still sticks. In my case that was a 1 band on 3 sides of the door. Yes it s that sticking door of yours. This happened to me when our condo painted the front doors and it stuck to the weather stripping.

The vast majority of weatherstripping materials for newer doors have a small fin that fits into a small groove in the door jamb.