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Raise Door Immediately After Spraying

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How To Prep & Paint A Metal Roll Up Garage Door. How to spray a garage door.

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Immediately after finishing spraying the garage door, and *before* the paint has a chance to dry, raise the garage door. This is a critical step because if the paint dries while the door is closed, it can stick to the weather stripping. Attempting to open a door with dried paint adhesion can potentially rip the paint off the door, damage the weather stripping, or even tear the garage door opener mechanism away from the door itself. Act quickly to raise the door to allow the paint to dry without adhering to other surfaces.

Goal: Prevent door from sticking to weather stripping while paint dries

Tools and materials

  • Garage Door Opener N/A — Raising the garage door

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so I don't have to bend over. Now, once this garage door is sprayed, before it actually dries, you want to raise this garage door up. If it dries, it could actually stick to the weather strips and when you go to raise it, it could actually rip the actual garage door opener. It could where it's bolted to the garage door, it could actually tear it away from the garage door. So, go immediately push the button and raise your garage door. Now, when you're prepping this garage door and you're

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