Door Sticks To Weatherstripping After Painting

Door weatherstripping can stick to freshly painted doors.

Door sticks to weatherstripping after painting.

The length of drying time depends on the paint used. I used a sanding block to take down the elevated areas of the paint on the door and jam. Too much paint humidity induced swelling or an improper fit. Painting a smooth door gives paint better contact.

This can be a real problem for exterior doors with weather stripping. How to prevent freshly painted doors from sticking tired of closing and opening a painted door and having all your paint pull off. Paint that feels dry and paint that is fully cured and hard are two different things. A painted door may stick to a frame for many reasons.

Every time the door opened the paint puzzle pieces made a sticking sound as they released. This can happen even if you let the paint dry overnight and it feels dry. In my case that was a 1 band on 3 sides of the door. Most of the time in new construction we use a product called kerf style or kerf applied weatherstripping.

A painted door may stick to a door frame for many reasons. This happened to me when our condo painted the front doors and it stuck to the weather stripping. After all most of us are not so secure that we would leave our front doors open for three or four days and nights. Acrylic latex paint is notorious for blocking or sticking to almost any surface it is in contact with while it cures.

Paint does not stick well to the rubber anyway and from your pic it looks like some bled around to the backside of the rubber strip which to me is the cause of the problem. Sand away bumps and lumps to allow the paint to dry smoothly lessening the chances of the freshly painted door sticking to the jamb. Choose a sheen that suits you. The resolution i developed was after the paint has dried a reasonable amount of time apply a coating of water based polyurethane where the contact areas sticks.

A door should be sanded sealed and painted and the paint should completely dry before the door is hung. It s called paint blocki. Weatherstripping is certainly not glamorous like fancy doors or hardware but it s a very important part of a quality door installation.