Painting Trim Around Garage Door

Choose a semigloss or high gloss alkyd based paint for doors which get a lot of use and abuse.

Painting trim around garage door.

The majority of homes we paint garage doors are painted body color. Door trim can surround interior and exterior doors as well as openings to hallways or entryways. That s a lot of time for our wood trim to be exposed to the elements. 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. 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. Trim paints are. Our house is almost 20 years old.

How to prepare door trim for painting. Reload the brush when necessary and maintain a wet edge. Start at the top corner and continue along the walls. 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.

Brushes are best for applying paint to most trim. With a bit of elbow grease and the right products you can make that old faded vinyl trim look as good as new again. How to paint vinyl trim. Latex enamel also holds.

Because of this the outside trim around the front doors garage door and the porch pillar were in pretty bad shape this spring. 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. 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.

When preparing your trim for paint you should have all of. Starting at a top corner of the door trim begin painting along the side edge of the trim where it meets the wall. 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. If your door is paneled start with the panels.

Reload the brush when necessary and maintain a wet edge. Paint a section at a time.