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Trim Masking Considerations and Project Time

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

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When masking the garage door frame, consider the color of your trim. If the trim will be painted the same color as the garage door, you can mask further out on the house siding. However, if the garage door trim is a different color and you are not painting it, ensure you run your masking tape precisely along the rubber weather strip (the part that seals against the door when closed) and then bring the paper out from there. It is generally recommended to always paint the trim weather strip itself, as this protects it from UV rays and extends its lifespan, rather than leaving it unpainted. This entire project, including setup and painting, typically takes about 1.5 hours for one garage door.

Goal: Understand proper masking for different trim scenarios and project duration

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your garage door. Now, when you're prepping this garage door and you're masking it, we actually masked it to the outside cuz the trim is going to be the same color. But if your garage door trim is going to be a different color than your garage door and you're not going to be painting the trim and you're just a do-it-yourselfer, you want to take make sure you make run your masking on the rubber right here and bring it out so you don't get any overspray on your trim. And this we're just going to go back and brush the trim. And this is a simple project that any do-it-yourselfer can do. It'll just take you approximately an hour and a half. We set up and spray these garage doors. There's two of them and we sprayed them in 30.

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