Garage Door During Painting and Drying

[mhardy]

I will be applying epoxy to my garage floor soon. This is my question:

I live in a very windy area and I am trying to figure out how I am going to paint this with the garage door open. I was thinking I would mask a line that is under where my garage door lands and then paint up to it. Won't I need to leave the door slightly open for a few days and if so what if the wind blows dust and **** in. I guess I could mask the opening with plastic? Any ideas? Also what works best for masking the line? Just common masking tape?

 

[Wangstang]

I just did mine with the door closed, taped right up to the edge of the door and went to town with the rustoleum Pro epoxy. I wore a 3m mask and it seemed to work fine for me. And yes, you will need the mask, especially if you are doing solvent based paint. I worked my way to the garage door with the door closed, then as I got to the door, I used a remote opener to open the door, step out and then paint the area right at the tape. I pulled the tape up and shut the door.

On the second coat I put down, I still taped but then I had some left over so I put down a heavy coat just under the door and on the outside area to give it a try. I then used the remote opener to stop the door just before it made contact with the floor and left it like that over night. Everything worked out fine for me as it was only a 1/8" away from the floor and the Rustoleum Pro epoxy cures to the point that you can walk on it in 16hrs.

If you are doing this method, just make sure your wife doesn't leave the house and lock the front door you were planing on going back into the house thorugh. Don't ask me how I know.

Also, the fumes were really strong after the first coat. I had let the garage stay totaly sealed up over night with the door shut and the fumes managed to drift into the house somewhat. Since we are moving in, we were not sleeping there and just aired the house out when we got there, but if you are living there, make sure you vent somehow.(assuming it's attached).

Wes

 

[katit]

I lifted door about 1ft above ground, masked with film on outside. I painted whole slab up to the joint with a driveway. It's about 6-8 inches exposed.

Seem to be holding up really well. But it's been only few month since I painted

 

[Ironcrow]

I've done this twice. I slightly raised the door and duct taped plastic sheeting over the gap, making a little tent. The first time I painted to the concrete seam, leaving a few inches exposed under the door when it was shut. That epoxy turned yellow and cracked from sun exposure. So the next time, I did the same set up (to avoid accidently painting the door) but I stopped the epoxy just short of the door so with the door down, only bare concrete was visible from the outside.

 

[Tomcat]

I've done this 3 times

I lifted door about 1ft above ground, masked with film on outside. I painted whole slab up to the joint with a driveway. It's about 6-8 inches exposed.

Seem to be holding up really well. But it's been only few month since I painted

I tried the 1" gap...bugs crawled into the wet paint.
Tape off just short of the door and close it!