How To Strip Paint From A Garage Door

After that sand the door with a 30 grit and 60 grit sandpaper then rinse with a garden hose.

How to strip paint from a garage door.

Give it all a good rub down with ooh 180 grit wet or dry paper until the surface is fully matted and then use a primer recommended by the peeps on here one of these systems that sticks to everything such a zinsser or summat. Or you can read the step by step pictorial version here. That s a lot of time for our wood trim to be exposed to the elements. Begin by brushing citristrip onto your door.

Our house is almost 20 years old. It removes paint from all surfaces plus its non toxic no fumes or skin burns and is just as effective as your normal run of the mill toxic products. As fast as sandblasting without the mess. Think they make a nylon one but never used it so can t say how effective it is.

Here s the link to the projects page on home strip and there is a link to purchase in the tool store. 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. Try not to brush over the stripper once you have applied it onto the door. Because of this the outside trim around the front doors garage door and the porch pillar were in pretty bad shape this spring.

Cover all the paint with the stripper. 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. Prepping the garage door ensures that paint will go on easily and hold up well. Put on your protective gear the work gloves dust mask and safety goggles and then remove any rusted or chipped.

Be generous and put a good thick layer onto your item. Use ppe with a cup brush though as the grinder guard is useless when bits start to fly. But we found an easy solution to peeling outdoor paint without all the scraping and sanding.