Tips for Painting Your Garage Door!

Raleigh Garage Door Repair: Tips to Help You Paint Your Garage Doors!

Welcome back! In our last post, our Raleigh garage door repair experts began offering tips on painting your garage door and why it’s important to paint them in the spring. Harsh weather conditions can be terrible for newly painted doors. That’s why it’s best to wait until early spring or fall. Hanson Overhead thinks that early spring is the best time to get your garage doors painted and ready so that they’ll compliment your beautifully landscaped lawn and enhance your curb appeal for summer! What better way to wow your neighbors than with a gorgeous, freshly painted garage door?!
Raleigh Garage Door Repair | Tips for Painting Garage Doors
Once the prep work is complete and your Raleigh garage doors are dry, it’s time to put down the drop cloths and tape off the sides of your garage and bottom of the driveway. Start with your primer, if you choose to use one. Do take in to consideration that if you are thinking of drastically changing the color of your garage door from a dark color to a light color (from brown to white or black to gray) you might have to use a primer to cover the darker color up so that you won’t have to use more paint than necessary.
Once the primer has dried, start using your latex paint and paint the garage doors in layers with you roller or large brush. Make sure your layers are thin and well spread. If not, the paint might look streaky or the paint might run. Use the smaller paint brush for the crevasses, panels and other hard to reach areas. Once the first layer of paint has dried completely, apply the next layer.
It’s important to leave your garage door painting to early spring or fall because extreme weather conditions could cause the paint to be hard to work with. It’s never good to pain in the rain, hot weather or cold weather.
If you’re considering painting your garage doors this spring and would like to schedule a maintenance check or have repairs made to your doors before extreme heat hits this summer, be sure to contact Hanson Overhead, the #1 Raleigh Garage Door Repair Company in the area! We will come out and make sure your Raleigh garage doors weathered the winter and are safe for summer!