I needed a door for my coop remodel so I went on Craigs list and found this wonderful old solid wood Victorian 5 panel door for $15. Perfect! It even has the old door knob with a plate that took a skeleton key. Not exactly what one might expect on a coop, but it has some real rustic potential. All it needed was a little paint.
That is not entirely true. It needed to be cut a little shorter first. In measuring it I found out it was not entirely square, I think someone had already cut a little off the top and not gotten it streight. It was just a little off, and I fixed that problem by cutting some off the top and some off the bottom.
Well, the paint (5 different coats) was peeling a little so I started to scrape it. Of course, all the paint wouldn't come off so I thought I would just get off the loose stuff, give it a quick sand, and paint it with my green primer. I was told this primer would cover anything.
Well, I finally got the thing painted, but as it dried someof the primer blistered. So, I had a door with paint with bubbles in it.
I decided, even though it is just a coop, that the paint had to be redone. I went to the hardware store and got some paint stripper because now, instead of 5 coats of paint, it had 6 coats. Stripping it took all day -- 2 coats and in some places 3 coats, and lots of scraping.
Now 3 DAYS LATER
I have a door that is ready for a good sanding and primer (probably 2 coats). So, this cute little Victorian door has now cost me $30 and 3 days work, and it may be ready to hang today.
But, I love my pain-in-the-neck 5 panel door. It even has a very old dead bolt on it. Chickens are waiting for the door so they can move to the new coop. Be patient little chickens, you are going to have a wonderful 5 panel Victorian door on your new coop.
That is not entirely true. It needed to be cut a little shorter first. In measuring it I found out it was not entirely square, I think someone had already cut a little off the top and not gotten it streight. It was just a little off, and I fixed that problem by cutting some off the top and some off the bottom.
Well, the paint (5 different coats) was peeling a little so I started to scrape it. Of course, all the paint wouldn't come off so I thought I would just get off the loose stuff, give it a quick sand, and paint it with my green primer. I was told this primer would cover anything.
Well, I finally got the thing painted, but as it dried someof the primer blistered. So, I had a door with paint with bubbles in it.
I decided, even though it is just a coop, that the paint had to be redone. I went to the hardware store and got some paint stripper because now, instead of 5 coats of paint, it had 6 coats. Stripping it took all day -- 2 coats and in some places 3 coats, and lots of scraping.
Now 3 DAYS LATER
But, I love my pain-in-the-neck 5 panel door. It even has a very old dead bolt on it. Chickens are waiting for the door so they can move to the new coop. Be patient little chickens, you are going to have a wonderful 5 panel Victorian door on your new coop.
