Painting - opinion

i am painting my exterior of my front and back doors...these are the entry doors...

the exterior will be a dark red and the interior will be white...

what is the usual when it comes painting the edge of the door...i am talking about the 1.75 inch or so thickness of the door...the part that you don't see when it is closed, but when it opens...

should it be the same color as the exterior or the interior...

also...when painting metal doors, is it best to use a semi-gloss or a satin finish???

and should it be applied with a brush or roller???

I assume if I was standing on your front porch, looking into your house, the door in front of me swings inward. Lets also assume the doorknob is to my right. Paint the outside of the door the red. Open the door, and the left hand edge, which is facing me now, would be painted red also. This is the edge that is at the hinges.
Reverse for the inside.

Semi gloss looks better on a metal door.

It should be applied with a brush, or ideally, rolled on and brushed out in sections.

just to clarify...i didn't realize i needed to add all that other info...

i am standing at my front door on the porch...in my case, the door knob is on the left...the door opens inward...

i need to paint the exterior red, the side the hinges are on red...

what about the edge that is on the left side of the door (the one the dead bolt goes into the jam??? should it be the same color as the interior of the door or the red exterior color???

i have painted the door already, except for the edge in question...

i have put on a tinted primer coat and two coats of finish coats with a 1.5 inch brush...it did take me a while to do it this way...

what is a better procedure than what i did??? bigger brush??? how big??? how many coats should work???

thanks...michael

Look at the edges when the door is fully opened. If the deadbolt edge is facing inside, it should be the inside color.
what is a better procedure than what i did??? bigger brush??? how big??? how many coats should work???
2 coats after a primer should do it, unless its a bright color, like red. Red might require 3 + coats, just depends on if its stroked out nice and the quality of the paint.

The procedure I use is with a 4" roller, a small rolling tray, and a 3" sash brush. If its a 6 panel door, the door consists of panels, rails, and stiles. The rails are the horizontal pieces, and the stiles are the vertical pieces. First I paint the edge of the door that corresponds with the side I'm painting. Feather the edge where the paint overlaps on the front of the door. I roll out 2 panels, then brush them out, making sure to feather the edge of paint that overlaps on the rails/stiles. Then do 2 more panels, then the last two. Then roll out the top rail, and brush out. Then do the middle stile, down to the next rail, then the next rail, then the next stile, then the next rail, then the last middle stile, then the bottom rail. Last, I paint the 2 long stiles on your right and left that run from top to bottom. This all must be done fairly quickly and consistently, as you want to keep a wet edge of paint to blend where you start and stop brushing.

Hope that helps and made some sense. Its easier to do than to type it. :D