Sunday, February 13, 2022

Lanai doorway nearly done

I've almost got the lanai door done.. getting close.  Unfortunately, when I took the original trim off around the door I damaged (peeled back) a good chunk of new paint so now I have some paint repairs to make.

Below is after 2 codes of primer and one coat of enamel. The original trim is still in place at this point.  When I took the trim off around the doorway, I found the previous owners had used some newspaper to "block drafts" at the top of the door. I went back and spray foamed around the door frame instead.


I had some paint that I thought would work great - I had used it before on some trim.  When I went to open the can this time, I had a terrible time getting the lid off and when it did come off there was rust around the edges which fell into the paint.. sigh..  Some painters tape was useful to sort of dip and catch the rust pieces.  When I went to stir the paint though, I found that it was "chunky".  Not sure why I bothered but I stirred for about 10 minutes and it was looking better.  I don't think it was that old but I did have a number of cans that I found while organizing the garage so who knows.  I gave it a try after I had 2 coats of primer on already - figured I could sand it off with the orbital sander if it looked too bad.  



Once I had put the initial coat of enamel on, I fought with the lid a bit while trying to get it back on but finally gave up and plan to get rid of that can.  I had another can of enamel paint on hand which had some rust around the lid edge but it wasn't nearly as bad and it wasn't chunky.  I decided that was a better choice for the 2nd coat.  

Below is the door after the 2nd coat and with the trim up (but not the rosettes). 

You can see at the top where I accidentally peeled the paint when taking the original trim off.  I was pulling on the side trim and it was well nailed to the top trim which I had loosened but not taken a knife and cut along the top edge fully. When the edge trim came loose, the top trim popped off while still stuck to the side trim in my hand. It had staples coming out from a bunch of places. I was a bit surprised and lifted the side piece and stepped back as I thought it was going to fall on me.  It didn't fall but it held onto the new paint very well. 

Here is the result with the rosettes in place.  I'll need to do a little bit of caulking and touch up paint but it is better than it started.   Actually, once I get the tape/paper off the glass, I'll probably have quite of bit of touch up work to do..  

There was a roll-up blind on the door which I took down.  I'm thinking about trying to "frost" the glass and see if that is enough to provide privacy and not put a / the blind back.  I've only got a soda blaster right now so it probably won't be enough on its own - even if I do both sides of the glass.  I'll give it try and then figure out what to do next.  Hopefully, I can get the rest of the floor trim done soon as well.

Oh, yes, and I purposely didn't tape around the deadbolt and door handle.  I'm going to replace the hardware to match the rest of the doors.

I also need to get a threshold that will work for this door - it is a bit odd with a small step up from the lanai combined with stucco on the exterior side. The stucco isn't really a problem but the concrete ledge/step combined with the luxury vinyl tile at the door interior is a bit awkward to cover. 

Take care,

Scott


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