Removing paint from metal garage door

Is the door powder coated under that top coat, if not then a heat gun, warm and scrape the paint off.

 

Certainly looks powder coated. May well be fine under the top-coat.

 

If you are hoping to keep the white coating, don't use a heat gun, it will damage the powder coating aswell, im sorry but I don't know what to suggest that won't damage the powder coating aswell as remove the paint.

Are you looking at repainting it??

 

Excuse me if it's a silly question but if it is sound why are you bothering to remove it? Just flat in the edges and use a coat of good quality primer (Zinsser bullseye 123) and an undercoat, before the finish.

 

Hi GD66.

So... that brown paint is pretty well attached?! So why not let it stay?

Give it all a good rub down with - ooh - 180 grit 'wet or dry' paper until the surface is fully 'matted', and then use a primer recommended by the peeps on here - one of these systems that sticks to everything, such a Zinsser or summat.

Then a couple of coats of satin exterior paint - again, something recommended by the paint pros on here for durable exterior work - and applied using a mini foam roller to get a finish with the very finest texture which will look as 'pro' as the original white.

Ok, you'll need to apply the paint with a brush to 'get into the groove', but then finish off with the roller (if you want).

 

Ach - Teabreak came back from his teabreak and beat me to it...

 

Yes DA great minds and all that

 

This is why I asked if he was going to repaint seem silly taking paint off for no good reason.