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Final Inspection and Prepare for Drying

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Spray Like a Pro: Garage Door Finish That Wows the Neighborhood

What happens here

After applying the first coat, visually inspect the garage door for complete and even coverage while the paint is still wet and 'soft'. The instructor notes that the paint is 'gelled out' and fully covered. He advises watching the paint's application and listening to the sprayer's function to ensure proper performance. To prepare for drying and potential touch-ups, raise the garage door just enough so it does not touch the bottom weatherstrip. Submerge the spray gun in water to keep the paint fresh and prevent clogging, avoiding a full pump cleaning in case a second coat or touch-up is needed.

Goal: Ensure complete paint coverage and preserve spraying equipment for potential follow-up work.

Tools and materials

  • Airless Paint SprayerKeeping the spray gun functional for potential reshoots
  • Spray GunBeing stored in water
  • WaterStoring the spray gun

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It's covered up. I'm looking at it. You want to look at it quickly now cuz it's it's soft and wet. If you had to hit anything now, you could. Right in the middle. As it starts to dry, you can't hit it cuz it will flash in the middle. You would have to reshoot it all again. It looks good. My bottom looks good. Everything looks good. Now, you'll see like, you know, my gun angle. I'm like arcing a little bit. This is all flat. I don't have any ridges and stuff where that ends up becoming an issue. It's all gelled out on the bottom. I didn't have to like really exaggerate my gun angle, you know, right or left, cuz it was actually hitting it and covering it 100%. When I'm spraying, I'm watching the whole time. I'm not listening to a podcast. I'm not listening to music. I'm listening to my sprayer to make sure it's functioning properly. I'm watching the paint go on. I'm watching it gel out. I'm watching to see if it covers um 100%. My overlap was right. But you see, I didn't have to run around the perimeter and hit the perimeter at all on a first pass. It got covered 100%. I don't pull this masking off until this is dry. I I let it let that sit the garage door. I'm going to raise the garage door up right now. I don't raise it up all the way. I raise it up enough where it's not touching, you know, the um the weather strip. So, I'm going to raise that up, set my gun in water, and I'm going to let that set just in case I had to reshoot it again. I'm not going to clean out my pump cuz what happens if I had light spots every now and then, sometimes I've had light spots before, and I've had to reshoot things before.

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