As someone else noted.
Can you paint a front door with chalk paint.
Cover anything with the painter s tape that you think you will have trouble painting around cleanly and remove weather stripping from jam if possible.
But either can be painted with a good exterior paint.
If you like a high gloss on your door don t go with the chalky finish paint it is a matte paint.
Welcome to our old boring front door.
Much better than chalk paint.
A sample pot of old white was dropped in july of 2012 on to the cement walkway outside my store.
Look kids and dogs don t get along with a white front door.
Very durable and easy to wash.
I ve done this on furniture pieces that need protection and it comes out beautiful.
If your door is under a covered porch i would think you could use chalk paint.
Open the door and use a chair or something sturdy securing it from behind to prevent it from moving swinging while you paint.
Sure it would be awesome if the entire family agreed on cleanliness but with our backyards being woods and being outside when we can it s tough to keep it clean.
If you don t have a storm door awning or a shade tree in the entryway to protect your front door from continuous sunlight exposure the onslaught of uv rays can eventually fade its paint color.
Chalk paint cures and is very durable.
Now if you want to use chalk paint you can pick out a paint sample of your color home depot has a behr indoor outdoor paint sample and you can follow my recipe i use which i found to work great.
Son in law painted his metal front door to look like an expensive wooden door.
An acrylic latex paint in an enamel finish is your best bet for doors and trim.
But if you are somewhat no fuss like i am then go for it.
You would not need to sand but the texture of the crackle may show through.
It is formulated for that use.
Lay a drop cloth under the door.
You will need to clean the door really well degloss or lightly sand to remove any glossy finish and paint.
I realized this quickly after we had a chalk paint spill outside of my old shop.
With the lid of front door paint.
However after the wax i would put a couple of coats of hand rubbed polyurethane.
I can also add behr to the list.
For exterior use there is no need to add a top coat to the paint since chalk paint.
This is a little tutorial on how i painted the front door with chalk paint.