How To Paint A Garage Door Without Removing It

Our house is almost 20 years old.

How to paint a garage door without removing it.

Start at the top corner and continue along the walls. Then tape off any areas you don t want the paint to touch like the edge of the house. Painting a smooth door gives paint better contact. To remove paint from the wood garage door start by cleaning the door to remove dirt and mud lay down a piece of cloth to catch falling paint chips cover all the intact areas of the door and use a scraper to strip off all cracking paint.

Glass insert makeover optional if you have a glass insert like mine and want to hide the design in it tape around it to protect the door and spray paint with a frosted glass spray paint. Before painting a garage door clean it with a sponge and soapy water and dry it with a towel. Put on your protective gear the work gloves dust mask and safety goggles and then remove any rusted or chipped. It now looks like a modern door with frosted glass.

I did this garage door transformation with just paint. Reload the brush when necessary and maintain a wet edge. To give the old metal decorative inserts new life and stand out i used rub n buff in ebony. In this video i show you step by step how to easily and quickly paint a garage door with professional results.

Paint sherwin williams emerald acrylic latex in. Sand away bumps and lumps to allow the paint to dry smoothly lessening the chances of the freshly painted door sticking to the jamb. You can use either oil or latex based paints f. With your brush paint cut in around the perimeter of the garage door in a 2 3 wide section.

Next apply 1 coat of primer to help the paint stick and allow it to dry for 12 hours. Once it s dry use a brush to paint smaller areas corners and edges. But we found an easy solution to peeling outdoor paint without all the scraping and sanding.