Painting a teak door

Hi
We currently have a teak door and surround(brown). The missues want to (wants me to) sand and paint it red or black

What sort of paint should I use here, do I need an undercoat and does sanding a teak door cause problems

Thanks a mil
B

Don't know much about the finishing coats etc, but firstly the seal (varnish) needs to be broken i.e. sanded and then a fine coat of aluminium wood primer needs to be applied as teak is a hardwood to allow the paint to stick properly.

Where I work everything is manufactured in teak and some architects (where it is going to be paint finished) specify an aluminium wood primer finish. It can be got in a grey or white finish.

Then follow this with undercoat and whatever gloss/matt etc finish coat that you fancy!

Nice one dude - thanks a million

I have recently painted a teak door and agree with what NHG suggested. Firstly, I sanded the door (the hardest part of the job!!), then wiped with White Spirits, then applied the aluminium wood primer followed by a coat of undercoat and then the gloss (green).

I painted the inside of the door white, so internally I used a white primer, not sure if this was correct, but it seemed to work ok.