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Manage Drying and Partially Open Door

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How To Paint A Door. Paint A Garage Door With An Airless Paint Sprayer

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After the initial spraying of the closed garage door, it is critical to manage the drying process carefully. The presenter warns against allowing the paint to dry 100% while the door is closed, as the freshly painted surface can bond to the weather stripping, potentially ripping it off when the door is later opened. To prevent this, it's advised to wait approximately 10 to 15 minutes after painting, then partially open the garage door. This allows the weather stripping to separate from the door while the paint is still wet enough to prevent peeling, but dry enough to avoid smearing.

Goal: Prevent paint adhesion to weather stripping by partially opening the door during initial drying.

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You're making up when you're done spraying these garage doors that you don't let them dry 100%. And I did have a situation one time we let it dry halfway through the day, went to open the garage door opener, pushed a button, and because it was sealed all around the weather stripping, it it glued itself to the garage door. Basically, it actually ripped the garage door opener right out of the door. So, make sure you open it when it's wet, but we don't like to open it when it's too wet because you um sometimes has a tendency to smear the edges a little bit. Just give it about 10 to 15 minutes and then open the door. So, here we to show you how to use spray door one more

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