Fire rated steel doors play a vital role in keeping people safe and minimizing property damage during a fire.
Fire rated paint for doors.
Firetect fire poof 5 gal.
No you can use normal paint for fire doors however your fire door fittings hinges door closers glazing need to be fire rated.
Also the doors come fire rated so fire rated paint is not required.
There is no evidence to suggest that over painting of intumescent seals has any detrimental effect on the ability of the seals to perform efficiently.
Metal fire doors are an economical alternative to wood fire doors when more than a 20 minute rating is required.
I understand that acrylic gloss paint is water based and any solvents disipate during the drying process so this type of paint is non flammable.
Fire door leaves are generally not required to provide a specific surface spread of flame barrier and may therefore be decorated as desired.
Labeled fire doors control the spread of fire and smoke for up to 3 hours.