Painting Trim Around Garage Door

Using semigloss exterior paint and a 2 inch angled sash brush with synthetic bristles paint around the edges of the.

Painting trim around garage door.

Most of our clients agree that garage doors should be painted siding color while the trim around the doors are painted to match the trim on the rest of the house. How to paint vinyl trim. Paint labeled specifically for use on trim and doors is certainly one suitable option to refresh baseboards moldings soffits and fascia such as the front of the roof line. Paint a section at a time.

The majority of homes we paint garage doors are painted body color. If your door is paneled start with the panels. Considering most garage doors are not exactly what we would consider a unique feature of your home. Though vinyl trim is durable once it gets weather.

Start at the top corner and continue along the walls. That s a lot of time for our wood trim to be exposed to the elements. If your garage door isn t great looking a coat of paint will only help to hide it. Starting at a top corner of the door trim begin painting along the side edge of the trim where it meets the wall.

With your brush paint cut in around the perimeter of the garage door in a 2 3 wide section. How to prepare door trim for painting. Hiding your garage door will draw attention to other parts of the house and if you ve done recent exterior work it s a good bet to put your garage door in the background with a color that blends into the house. Latex enamel also holds.

Trim paints are. Continue until all side edges of the trim are complete. Because of this the outside trim around the front doors garage door and the porch pillar were in pretty bad shape this spring. When preparing your trim for paint you should have all of.

Choose a semigloss or high gloss alkyd based paint for doors which get a lot of use and abuse. Wood trim on a house is lovely until it isn t anymore. Our house is almost 20 years old. A 2 5 to 3 inch angled sash brush is generally all you need but if you have a lot of wide trim you may want a 4 inch square brush a pad or even a mini roller.

Brushes are best for applying paint to most trim. Reload the brush when necessary and maintain a wet edge.