Dutch boy -still tacky 6 weeks

thburd

Hi I painted my front door 6 weeks ago with dutch boy high gloss dark blue paint, I have the door removed and inside with the A.C. and dehumidifier running. The paint is still as tacky today as it was on day 2, I talked to the hme store and they said it just takes time. I went to a Sherwin williams store and was told the same thing. I contacted Dutch Boy and was told the same thing, Problem is I can't got until christmas without a front door because at this rate that is when it MIGHT be dry. and I still need to put on a second coat. The door is wood and I primed it with Zinnser following there directions and also followed the Dutch boy directions. I MUST BE MISSING SOMETHING. How do the professionals do it and have a door dry and ready for use in hours?? Sorry I forgot to put in I used Dutch Boy Door and Trim acrylic latex paint.

Gymschu

We don't use Dutch Boy paint, that's how. Was it oil or latex? I can't imagine ANY quality paint taking that long to dry. I would have primed a wood door with SW's oil base primer, let dry, sand, remove dust, apply 2 coats of SW's SuperPaint High Gloss...........dry in a day, maybe wait 2 at the most.

ltd

i think they put the tint in to a wrong base .their are different bases to accept different colors. deep base ,ultra deep base . for the sake of only a front door i would strip off paint it should not be to hard since it not cured anyways. then do as gymschu said oil prime 2 coats super paint or ,duration .i would politely demand a refund for this dutch boy ,

mustangmike3789

if this was oil paint applied too thick, it could take a long time to dry. oil cures by contact with oxygen with a small amount of solvent evaporation. coating to heavy will cause it to skin on the outside while the paint stays wet on the substraight. fans and hot air from a blowdryer can help speed up the dry time by passing more oxygen over the paint. as ltd mentioned, pigment overload or the wrong tint base will cause a slow cure or tacky surface because of the amount of resin needed to suspend the soilids and form a film is lacking, also known as PVC ( pigment volume concentration). pigment overload can happen when the wrong tint base is used or when white paint is used instead of white tint base. this can easily happen when an inexperienced person is mixing your paints so stay away from the box stores and go to a real paint store in the future.