How To Paint A Bulkhead Door
It came primed but peeled after it was painted.
How to paint a bulkhead door. Painting metal bulkhead doors by joe keegan on june 8 2011 at 11 13 pm old houses often had a set of bulkhead also called bilco doors which provided a large open access to the basement. If there is mildew or moss use a mixture of 1 cup of bleach to 3 cups of water or a commercial deck or siding cleaner containing mildewcide. Scrub the cellar door clean using mild detergent. Also learn plenty of painting tips in this short video.
Rinse the doors well. To replace your existing bulkhead doors start by cutting through the hinges on the old bulkhead doors using a right angle grinder fitted with a cutoff wheel. One of the often neglected or looked over parts of your exterior of your home is the bulkhead. Be wary of painting over bolts nuts or screws.
The bulkhead weathers the storm through rain ice snow heat and cold due to cold temperatures in the morning to blazing heat in the height of the day. You can make a rusty steel door look like new and keep the rust from returning. Painting over any rivets is ok. Scraped away as much of the peeling paint i was able repainted and peeling again.
Painting your bulkhead the do s and dont s. Details find a local representative the bilco basement doors are available throughout the world and provide for the perfect bulkhead door solution for your home or business. Paint the first coat of specially formulated metal paint to the metal bulkhead. The basement door keyed lock kit is available for all steel basement door models and is not available for ultra series basement doors at this time.
Wear a surgical mask and eye protection to protect you from paint fumes and potential blowback while painting. Have a steel bulkhead door that looks horrible because the paint always peels after painting.