Hand Painted Garage Doors

Gently wipe away any caked on dust dirt or grime clinging to the outer surface of the door.

Hand painted garage doors.

Repainting your garage door automatically voids the limited lifetime warranty that applies to garaga products. The results are amazing. A beautifully painted garage door can be the finishing touch to your home s exterior makeover. Not interested in applying a primer.

Give the garage door a thorough cleaning. A healthy well painted garage door with have the strength and structural integrity to stand up to the elements and also potentially to thieves too playing its part in protecting your stuff. In this video i show you step by step how to easily and quickly paint a garage door with professional results. Let lou manfredini ace s home expert show you how it s done.

We ve specialized in faux wood painting for garage doors since 2009. A painted garage door can stand up to the elements better than a poorly maintained one that s just a sheet of rust held together with duct tape. Painting your garage door boosts your curb appeal and protects it from the elements. Paint the garage door.

A filthy garage door will be harder to paint and may result in a sloppy uneven finish. Consider using behr ultra products innovatively developed as a paint and primer in one. Scrub from top to bottom side to side and don t neglect the corners. Your doors hand painted to look like wood.

Bottom to top starting with the inner panels and working outward to the. Use a large brush to cut down on your overall painting time. Dark colors absorb radiant heat from the sun creating extremely high surface temperatures. Oil based exterior paint is a good choice for going over an oil based primer but a 100 percent acrylic exterior paint can also be suitable.

After the 24 hour drying time has elapsed you can paint the top coat on your garage door. To promote adhesion and durability of your topcoat use a premium plus primer. Our goal is to give your doors the appearance of a beautiful wood grain that will make your house look amazing and increase it s value. Do not paint the raised pvc overlays on the door using paint with a light reflectance value of lower than 56.