How To Sand A Garage Door

Wash your garage door and remove any dirt.

How to sand a garage door.

Prepping the garage door ensures that paint will go on easily and hold up well. For small areas of dings dents or scratches lightly sand the area and apply touch up stain blending it into the surrounding area. You ll want to find a shade that matches your house but you can also get pretty creative with how you cover the door. Sand all of the flat areas of the door including the center portion of the raised panels.

If you are over coating a previously painted garage door then a light sanding is required along with the same degreasing process. What your garage door type metal or wood it s essential to sand the surface prior to applying paint. When painting metal it is really important that any loose paint is really well rubbed down and if in. When the garage door starts to show dust or dirt simply wet a sponge or washcloth with warm water and wipe it down.

Paint stain and sanding grit can build up on the sanding disc. Place a 150 grit sanding disc on the orbital sander. Ensure you rinse the door down and leave to dry. Clean the garage door periodically.

In this video i show you step by step how to easily and quickly paint a garage door with professional results. Change sanding discs often to avoid creating swirl marks on the door with the sander. If there is significant peeling it might be time to sand the door and repaint it using a high quality exterior grade latex paint. Skipping this will mean the fresh paint will not attach itself to the door properly.

If the garage door is wood you can sand it down completely to remove any old layers of paint or primer and then stain it. The flat smooth paneling of most garage doors make them a breeze to clean especially if you ve used a semigloss latex or enamel paint. You can use either oil or latex based paints f. Apply a metal primer before applying your garage door paint.