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Door work should be easy money, not a hand-bruising, space-hogging operation that blocks the rest of the job. Paintr Door Stackers are built to turn doors into a simple production run, especially when you are spraying multiple doors in one hit.

Below is a practical guide you can use on site or in the workshop to get the most out of them, plus a quick run-through of the key features that set the Paintr system apart.

What Paintr Door Stackers are designed to do

Paintr Door Stackers are a paired handle system that lets you spray doors horizontally, flip them safely, then stack them tightly while they are still wet. Each door uses one pair, so two brackets per door, one at each end.

Key features:

• Makes painting doors easy
  Designed specifically for door handling and finishing, not just as generic brackets.

• Use on any size door
  Standard, oversized, hollow core or solid, the brackets mount at each end and support the door without extra jigs.

• Stack up to 15 doors
  The steel brackets nest into one another so you can build a tidy vertical stack of up to 15 doors, a big gain in floor space and throughput.

• Coated, comfortable handle
  The plastic-coated grip gives you better control when turning wet doors and reduces hand fatigue over a long run.

• Rivet and anti-slip design
  A specially designed rivet keeps the handle secure, and the bracket profile has an anti-slip detail that stops horizontal movement on the door edge.

• Stand-off from the door edge
  The bracket stands off the face slightly, which helps prevent paint build-up or bridging at the contact point.

For painters already running sprayers on doors, these features add up to faster handling, better ergonomics and cleaner results with fewer handling marks.

How to set up Paintr Door Stackers for a door run

The exact method will vary between crews, but this is a solid starting workflow for most residential and light commercial jobs.

1. Prep the doors and layout your line

1. Dedicate a door zone
   Set up trestles or low stands for spraying and a clear strip of floor or racks for the stack. Aim to keep the spray area and stack as close as possible to minimise handling.

2. Mark the hinge side and job reference
   Use a soft pencil, masking tape or a small code on the hinge edge. When doors are stacked face to face it is very easy to lose track of orientation without markings.

3. Pre-drill fixing holes if needed
   If you do not want to screw directly into edges on pre-finished or factory-primed doors, pre-drill pilot holes exactly where the brackets will sit so screws drive quickly and cleanly.

2. Install the stackers on the first door

1. Fix one bracket to each end
   Mount the Paintr Door Stackers on the top and bottom edges of the door, roughly centred across the width. Use suitable screws for the core material and length. The bracket should sit square with no wobble.

2. Check the stand-off
   Make sure the stand-off feet touch the floor or trestle evenly and that the faces of the door are clear of the support surface. This is what keeps the fresh coating off the ground and stops build-up at the contact points.

3. Test the flip
   Before coating, flip the dry door a couple of times using the handles. You should be able to rotate the door smoothly without feeling like it will twist out of your hands.

3. Spray, flip, stack

1. Spray the first face horizontally
   Lay the door flat on your stands. Spray the first face and edges, working to your normal film build and gun speed. Horizontal spraying reduces runs and sags and makes it easier to keep a consistent finish across the whole surface.

2. Flip using the handles
   Grab both handles, lift and rotate the door in one movement. Because the handles stand off the door and the anti-slip profile keeps them stable, you are far less likely to thumbprint a wet face or drag the bottom edge.

3. Spray the second face
   Once the door is flipped, spray the second face immediately. Working quickly here keeps both faces within the same open time, which helps with flow and levelling on two-pack and high solids systems.

4. Stack the door wet
   Carry the door to your stack and lower it so the brackets rest on the brackets of the door below. Each set nests into the next so the doors are spaced for airflow but held firmly. Repeat through the run until you have up to 15 doors in the stack.

5. Repeat with the next door
   Move the same workflow down the line: fix stackers, spray, flip, spray, stack. Once you are in rhythm, the handling time per door drops sharply compared with leaning doors against walls or using ad-hoc blocks.

Why Paintr and R&S

The Paintr range is backed by R&S Trade Centre, a long-running trade supplier to painters, plasterers and builders across New Zealand. As direct importers, R&S can bring in gear like Paintr Door Stackers at sharp prices and support them locally, including bulk buy deals for crews running bigger numbers.

If you want to speed up your next door job, reduce handling damage and tidy up your workflow, Paintr Door Stackers are a simple upgrade that pays for itself in time saved.

Search ‘Paintr Door Stackers’ on the R&S Trade Centre site or talk to the team about sizing up a full door finishing setup for your crew.