How To Strip Paint From Garage Door

Be generous and put a good thick layer onto your item.

How to strip paint from garage door. Lay a plastic tarp at the base of the garage door to catch falling paint chips. Brush lightly to minimize scratches on the wood but firmly enough to mix the. Put on your protective gear the work gloves dust mask and safety goggles and then remove any rusted or chipped. 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.

Even though they weren t in as bad a shape as the pillar and garage door trim due to being under the covered porch we decided to paint the front door trim and the garage man door trim as well. Get your good old plastic wrap yes lunch wrap glad wrap or the equivalent and lay this down over the stripper extending a small way past the ends of the piece. Spread stripper on the paint residue and work it out of corners and from along the edges of molding with a wire brush. Follow the wood grain.

Prepping the garage door ensures that paint will go on easily and hold up well. We still need to paint the actual man door.