Garage Door Paint Stripping

Scrape all the chipped bubbled and peeling paint off the steel garage door with a rigid metal putty knife.

Garage door paint stripping. After removing all the paint thoroughly sand the door before refinishing it. It also took far less coats of stripper than the previous door. 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. Put on your protective gear the work gloves dust mask and safety goggles and then remove any rusted or chipped. Prepping the garage door ensures that paint will go on easily and hold up well.

Make sweeping motions with the nozzle and stop periodically to check the progress. Pressure wash the area on a setting of 80 psi. 2 sand the areas with medium grade sandpaper where the paint has been removed to lightly. You can use either oil or latex based paints f.

It is imperative that you wear chemical resistant rubber gloves and eye protection while stripping paint. This works particularly well on spray paint. The chemicals even the less toxic citristrip can be harmful to your skin or eyes work in a well ventilated area or you may choose to wear a respirator especially when using the mineral spirits. Excessive moisture compels paint on exterior wood to peel while blistering paint is a result of extreme temperatures.

I didn t damage any of the moulding on the door doing it this way.