Paint Peeling Off Steel Door
Clean the area with warm water.
Paint peeling off steel door. So what you have to do at this point is pull that door off and strip it all the way down to the metal. Examine the steel garage doors carefully. Sometimes the paint will be free of the metal but has yet to crack. How to repair chipped paint on a metal door step 1.
Put on a dust mask and sand the entire door using a medium grit. Remove peeling paint from the door using a scraper. Use a couple saw horses to lay the door. When you keep putting paint upon paint upon paint eventually those layers just delaminate and they will not stick.
Make the surface as smooth as possible even if that means you have to sand off the entire previous coat of paint. Remove all hardware on the door such as hinges door knob deadbolt etc. Remove the door from the hinges and lay it down on a flat surface. Remove loose bits of paint from the affected area using a paint scraper.
Look for spots where the paint is peeling and use the paint scraper to remove the paint. Scrape off the peeling paint with a paint scraper then sand down the door with your hand sander paying extra attention to the areas that were peeling. You need to get all that old paint off. Ventilate the work area and lay a dropcloth on the floor.
Finish sanding with 120 grit sandpaper. Once all that old paint is off you sand it very lightly. For this reason you will go over the door with a paint scraper in areas with no visual damage. Play pause space looking for a plant.
Use a wire scraper. Prep the area for sanding and painting by laying down a few cheap plastic tarps.