Flat paint may be suitable for a garage door but any high traffic entry such as your front door usually looks better painted in satin or semi gloss.
Front door paint gloss or semi gloss.
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The door receives direct morning sunlight.
It can magnify every last flaw on a door so with improper prep it can look battered and bruised and much more dinged up than it did with regular old semi gloss paint on it.
Exterior paint particularly if it s being used on a front door needs to be both durable and attractive.
Semi gloss paint offers the same sturdiness as high gloss paint while still being easy to clean making it the better choice of the two if the door surface has many dents and dings.
Normally semi gloss paint is the best choice for trim work since high gloss paints are so shiny that they highlight imperfections.
The paint itself wasn t bad but applying super high gloss paint is not for the faint of heart.
Exterior paints are sold in flat matte eggshell satin semi gloss and gloss sheens in order of the lowest to the highest luster.
Gloss semi gloss satin matte or flat.
For large exterior surfaces glossier paints are usually reserved for trim areas such as windowsills and doors as well as surfaces that may be washed frequently.
Our weather worn stained wood grained fiberglass door is to be repainted in gloss sw vogue green.
Especially in the sun.
Semi gloss is ideal for front doors as it s more wear and.