Garage Door Paint Stripping

After removing all the paint thoroughly sand the door before refinishing it.

Garage door paint stripping.

Apply paint thinner to the painted area with a paint brush. Pressure wash the area on a setting of 80 psi. Put on your protective gear the work gloves dust mask and safety goggles and then remove any rusted or chipped. Make sweeping motions with the nozzle and stop periodically to check the progress.

This works particularly well on spray paint. Prepping the garage door ensures that paint will go on easily and hold up well. It s best to begin sanding only after you ve stripped both sides of the door as well as the edges. If you want to.

The previous door that i had stripped without using the plastic wrap only stripper and scraper was pretty damaged. Contact an environmental agency for proper paint removal and disposal for health safety purposes. I didn t damage any of the moulding on the door doing it this way. Exposure to rain wind and sunlight causes paint on wooden garage doors to eventually require removal.

2 sand the areas with medium grade sandpaper where the paint has been removed to lightly. In this video i show you step by step how to easily and quickly paint a garage door with professional results. You can use either oil or latex based paints f. It also took far less coats of stripper than the previous door.

It is imperative that you wear chemical resistant rubber gloves and eye protection while stripping paint.