This is a crucial step that will ensure your paint will adhere to your garage door.
Sanding and painting garage doors.
Next apply 1 coat of primer to help the paint stick and allow it to dry for 12 hours.
Before painting a garage door clean it with a sponge and soapy water and dry it with a towel.
You can use either oil or latex based paints f.
Luckily it s a garage door so it s not like you need to sand the surface perfectly even.
Sand the entire surface of the door if there was a lot of peeling paint.
Then take a sanding block and scrub down the entire surface of the door.
We recommend wearing protective eyewear and a dust mask before you scrub or sand your garage door to remove any dust and loose paint.
In this video i show you step by step how to easily and quickly paint a garage door with professional results.
Then tape off any areas you don t want the paint to touch like the edge of the house.
Instead you just want to make sure that you get all the nasty grit and grime off of it otherwise your coat of paint is going to look shoddy.
Prepping the garage door ensures that paint will go on easily and hold up well.