Cliff Hartle wrote:
Sand the door with fine 220 or 300 wet dry sand paper and repaint the door.
You will probally have to do a light coat on the entire door to get a good
finish.


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Hi all,
I sprayed a Stanley door yesterday and it left a ton of drip marks.
Looks horrible on a section of this door. I really don't want to
repaint the entire door. Can you sand dried latex paint? How would you
smooth it out enough to spray over the damaged section? I'd appreciate
the advice. Thanks...
John





The obvious solution to drips on a door is to take
the door down and paint the flat surfaces. The
OP, when he repaints should still do this.

No, you don't need to repaint the whole door just
the part with the drips. And yes, use wet or dry
220 grit paper and use it wet. Dry sanding will
just clog the paper and make a mess. Dip the
paper in a bucket of water and sand with a hard
block if flat or your hand if the door has a
texture. As you get paint colored water and the
paper starts to clog wipe it clean with a cloth in
the bucket. You must completely remove the drip
or it will show through when you repaint. That may
mean sanding down to the base. Sounds like the OP
really may need to redo the door if one section
has lots of drips, the other part probably also
has drips.