Good Paint For Garage Doors

bigbrew

Can anybody recommend a good paint to paint a garage door?

Dan

Dustball

Wood or metal?

bigbrew

metal it is. Never painted one myself.

Traditions

i painted my metal garage door 5 years ago with latex super paint from sherwin. Still looks great!

scottonpainting

DTM ( direct to metal ) paint works great u need to prime it first.

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Scotton Painting Services, Inc
DeLand, Florida
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Traditions

when i painted my garage doors I also painted all the overhangs and fascia on my house. I washed with tsp and sprayed two coats of superpaint. i was really nervous that it wouldn't hold up. however, still looks good. It is what sherwin williams reccommended.

Workaholic

I recomend a good quality semi-gloss latex paint. We use, dulux fortis. I know a lot of guys are partial to SW or BM, I have always been partial to Dulux, for exterior painting. Dulux is made by ICI.

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Sean

C&SPAINTING

I use Duration a Sherwin product the best extirior latex out.

metomeya

But if you prime it, the paint wouldn't be directly on metal.......

Danahy

Bm's topline exterior low lustre.

Joewho

The easiest way to get a nice finsh is to use BM, superpaint or duration. Duration is superior but needs to be worked quick and even to get a nice finish.

DTM is a really good paint for a garage door, especially if sprayed, but it's not as easy to work with as the others.

MakDeco

If it is a standard metal pre finished door, then any top of line exterior paints will stick to it nice. I usually use the lo Lustre or Satin finish on the garage doors.

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profinish

It is the same as the rest of the house usally A-100 Satin is a good choice

remodeling joe

superpaint by sw has never let me down... i use it on my own house; clean it with tsp first then 2 coats and you won't have to worry for about 5 to 7yrs pending on weather and direct sunlight