I’ve been thinking about how many times I have asked myself at different times of the day: should I iron my bedroom door or the gate to my patio? I have had no answer.
Ironing is a common request for the most part. It can also be a pain in the ass. The thought of having to iron a door that is already painted all the way through just isn’t very appealing. It’s only when you are ironing a door that you have something to do other than just stand there. As a door gets painted you generally have to paint it, or at least give it a coat of paint.
I’ve had to iron a couple of doors and gates, both of which I had no idea were iron gates, before I realized that ironing is a pain in the ass. That said, if you have no idea what an iron gate is, you have to be very careful in applying the correct amount of pressure. This is why I always leave the ironing door open and let a breeze through it and then close it up again after I’ve finished.
The iron gate is the hardest to paint because the paint will transfer more if it is allowed to go on wet. To solve this problem, most painters just mix a small amount of chalk into the paint, but there’s a trick to applying this mix that lets me get the paint to stick in places I didn’t know it could.
I use a technique called “dry brush” which works really well for iron gates. A dry brush is a thin brush with a little water in it. As soon as I get the paint to stick to the brush, I put it in the dryer right away. This way, I can just brush the paint onto the iron. A lot of painters don’t realize this trick because they use chalk or oil based paints.
I hope you all like this technique because it’s totally awesome and that’s what I use. I keep the dry brush in my paint bucket and use it whenever I need a quick touch-up or I’m doing something that needs a little something extra.
Just like the paint you brush onto the brush, if you want to apply paint to a gate, you have to let it dry for awhile. If you do it right, you can even keep it there until you’re done with the paint. After I finish the last coat, I just brush it onto the gate. A lot of painters forget this trick though.
The trick is to let the paint dry really well. For that, I recommend you use a brush. You can even use a toothbrush if you’re feeling lazy. A brush is something you can always pop into your paint bucket whenever you need a quick touch-up.
It’s not just paint you need to let dry, though. You need to let the paint dry all the way around your gate. The reason you do this is to make sure no paint gets on the hinges. Some people put hinges on their gates before painting them and then let paint go through the gaps into the hinges.
If you’re not sure about this, you can always go to a website and put your brush in the paint bucket and take it out. This is very easy, but it’s probably the only way you can get that done.
