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Mask the Garage Door Weather Stripping

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What happens here

Begin by raising the garage door approximately halfway, about this high, to avoid excessive bending during the masking process. Use your hand to feel along the bottom of the exposed weather strip to ensure there is no debris. Then, use a hand masker with 9-inch paper and 1-inch FrogTape (production tape) to mask off the weather strip at the top of the partially opened garage door. The goal is to prevent any paint from getting on the weather strip. Fold any excess paper upwards and tack it securely to the upper side of the garage door or the track to keep it out of the way. If the garage door sensors interfere with it being partially open due to the paper, hold the garage door button down continuously to override the sensors and fully lower the door. Inspect the masking to ensure all weather-strip areas are covered.

Goal: Protect the garage door weather strip from paint

Tools and materials

  • 1-inch FrogTape Production Tape FrogTape — Securing the masking paper and creating clean lines
  • 9-inch Masking Paper — Covering large areas of the weather strip
  • Hand Masker — Efficiently applying masking paper and tape

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so first off I always raise my garage doors up about this High because I don't have to bend over to mass we got to mask this weather strip I'm going to run my hand along this bottom make sure there's no debris on the bottom and then I'm going to begin masking so we got this weather strip exposed right here nine inch paper one inch frog tape production tape I'm gonna mask this off we don't want to get any paint on this weather strip all right is that it for you today Chris yeah just some inch and a half Pro grade Frosty all right I don't have that on the account yeah we also got some new products if you want to check this out this is a new roller keeper we just got in cool we also have a two inch and a four inch 2x Flex group a two Edge Flex knife if you want to check those out as well oh cool I'll be good for a video give me a um all right you're good to go we'll have a good day yeah you too later see the masking process is made really fast using a hand masker and a tough Gaff now I'm gonna fold this up tuck it on the other side [Applause] I'm gonna tack it up [Applause] your garage door the sensors the paper will interfere with the sensor so you just have to hold the button down without releasing it to get the garage door to lower I'm gonna look at that make sure everything is covered if I have any spots that were missed just touch up tape across the bottom

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