I am painting my front & back doors -which kind of Kilzs should I use?

Jud33560717
by Jud33560717
I am painting my front & back entrance doors with latex paint. They were origin ally painted with oil base paint which kind of Kilzs do I need to use? I now know
latex does not adhere to oil base paint!

  5 answers
  • Jacquie Jacquie on Jun 05, 2018

    You can sand, prime and paint. You can also use a chemical paint peeling solution and scrape off the old paint, make sure you do it outside the odor is toxic!

  • Janet Pizaro Janet Pizaro on Jun 05, 2018

    Inside the door or outside the door?

  • Ann Ann on Jun 05, 2018

    You can cover oil paint with latex but not oil over latex. The easy way to remember it is “latex covers everything”. Light sanding, primer or a deglosser will lessen the work.

  • Nicole Nicole on Jun 06, 2018

    Kilz brand suggests Kilz Premium for priming exterior doors. In my opinion, It really depends on the door material and condition. For a standard steel entry door I personally would consider Kilz Adhesio.


  • Emily Emily on Jun 07, 2018

    We used oil paint to paint this door, which was over 100 years old when it was painted. No kilz, oil paint, no top coat. It is correct that you can use latex over oil but not the other way around, but since it is outside I would always use oil.