Pour your paint through a strainer to get rid of any dried sediment.
Spray paint garage door.
Acrylic latex exterior house paint is the best choice but be sure to choose a high quality paint.
Before painting a garage door clean it with a sponge and soapy water and dry it with a towel.
Prepping the garage door ensures that paint will go on easily and hold up well.
Next apply 1 coat of primer to help the paint stick and allow it to dry for 12 hours.
Be sure the tip s hole size does not exceed the maximum capacity of your sprayer see spray tip info.
Then tape off any areas you don t want the paint to touch like the edge of the house.
Start spraying on the surrounding protective newspaper or cloth to get a comfortable pressure on the trigger and then move into the door spraying horizontally in straight lines.
Select the spray tip that s best suited for the paint you are using and the surface to be sprayed.
A typical garage door is 7 feet high by 9 feet wide and a can of spray paint usually covers about 10 square feet so you need seven cans for one coat even more if windy conditions and the.
In most cases a single coat of paint is all it takes but keep in mind it could take more than one coat to provide good coverage if you re painting the garage doors a color that s lighter than the original color.