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.

Painting trim around garage door.

That s a lot of time for our wood trim to be exposed to the elements. 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. Choose a semigloss or high gloss alkyd based paint for doors which get a lot of use and abuse. Our house is almost 20 years old.

Because of this the outside trim around the front doors garage door and the porch pillar were in pretty bad shape this spring. Though vinyl trim is durable once it gets weather. Starting at a top corner of the door trim begin painting along the side edge of the trim where it meets the wall. The majority of homes we paint garage doors are painted body color.

Considering most garage doors are not exactly what we would consider a unique feature of your home. Brushes are best for applying paint to most trim. When preparing your trim for paint you should have all of. Trim paints are.

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. With your brush paint cut in around the perimeter of the garage door in a 2 3 wide section. Paint a section at a time. Continue until all side edges of the trim are complete.

Reload the brush when necessary and maintain a wet edge. Using semigloss exterior paint and a 2 inch angled sash brush with synthetic bristles paint around the edges of the. Wood trim on a house is lovely until it isn t anymore. Latex enamel also holds.

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. Door trim can surround interior and exterior doors as well as openings to hallways or entryways. How to prepare door trim for painting. With a bit of elbow grease and the right products you can make that old faded vinyl trim look as good as new again.

If your door is paneled start with the panels. Start at the top corner and continue along the walls.