Greetings, I am building an interior shaker door I have already pre-stained the panels and I was thinking about lacquering them ahead of time before assembly. I'm not sure though how to prevent spraying lacquer on them once I'm assembled when I spray the rest of the door, without waiting a long time to be able to use tape and paper to protect them.

That got me thinking about whether I should spray them ahead of time at all.

I came here to get everyone's thoughts on what you would do.

My original plan was to spray the panels. Then wait about 3 days before I do the final assembly on the door frame, mask off the panels, stain the door frame, and spray.