How To Strip Paint From A Garage Door

Think they make a nylon one but never used it so can t say how effective it is.

How to strip paint from a garage door.

Or you can read the step by step pictorial version here. Try not to brush over the stripper once you have applied it onto the door. 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. But we found an easy solution to peeling outdoor paint without all the scraping and sanding.

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. That s a lot of time for our wood trim to be exposed to the elements. Lightly press this down all over the paint stripper trying to remove as much air as possible. Our house is almost 20 years old.

After that sand the door with a 30 grit and 60 grit sandpaper then rinse with a garden hose. Because of this the outside trim around the front doors garage door and the porch pillar were in pretty bad shape this spring. Begin by brushing citristrip onto your door. Cover all the paint with the stripper.

Use ppe with a cup brush though as the grinder guard is useless when bits start to fly. Angle grinder with a paint stripping disc or wire cup brush. Prepping the garage door ensures that paint will go on easily and hold up well. Be generous and put a good thick layer onto your item.

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. Here s the link to the projects page on home strip and there is a link to purchase in the tool store. 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.