Painting Metal Garage Door

A bare exposed metal garage door is susceptible to rust and requires paint to protect it from natural elements.

Painting metal garage door.

To prep metal for paint adhesion you must. Apply a quality exterior paint to the door using the same method as described for priming. It is not recommended that you paint these doors. To paint a steel door you ll need exterior paint and an oil based primer designed specifically for metal.

Start at the top corner and continue along the walls. Due to its slick smooth surface metal can be challenging to paint and that can you ve got sitting around in the garage probably won t cut it. Next apply 1 coat of primer to help the paint stick and allow it to dry for 12 hours. Reload the brush when necessary and maintain a wet edge.

Normal metal paint will not adhere properly to galvanized metal and after a few days it starts peeling off in flakes. A good paint job is a cost effective way to protect your metal garage door for many years to come. The paint will increase its life and enhance the appeal of the exterior of your house and the surrounding landscape. With your brush paint cut in around the perimeter of the garage door in a 2 3 wide section.

Bottom to top starting with the inner panels and working outward to the. Other garage doors when new are galvanized. Then tape off any areas you don t want the paint to touch like the edge of the house. Choosing a color choosing a paint color may be the most difficult aspect of the entire process and there are a few things to keep in mind.

Then apply 2 coats of the primer letting it dry after each coat. With over 400 metal garage door paint colour choices from ral and bs colour charts customers can match and co ordinate existing colour schemes such as commercial and industrial cladding on warehouses factories and workshops and if you can t find a satisfactory match give us a call and we ll endeavour to help. Before you apply the primer and paint lightly sand the door with 400 grit sandpaper so the primer and paint will stick to it better. What follows therefore is a guide for painting either pre primed new metal doors or doors that have been previously painted.