Front door painting

[mats01_99]

Hi all. I currently have a woodstained front door that I intend to paint Blue. What should my plan of attack be? Do I have to sand, prime and then gloss? Does the primer need to be any particular colour and finally does the gloss have to be an exterior gloss? Many thanks

[malaise]

This is probably the WRONG answer, but hey. I just painted my front door. It was stained wood. I just washed the door down, and used 2 coats of non-drip gloss. Came up lovely. I used a gloss which was suitable for indoor and outdoor use, but I think most of them are?

[Golden Shred]

For the best front door finish rub it down well with a medium sandpaper; wash off to remove the dust; apply one coat white primer; apply two undercoats of light grey undercoat; then finish with one coat gloss. Use exterior gloss and good quality materials (ICI, Akzo or similar).