Painting the Garage Entrance Door

Mom has given me a list of things to fix before the summer is over. Painting our garage entrance door is one of the tasks. I have never done any painting before. Mr. Q has gone out of his way to help me as always. He bought the rollers, brushes, sand paper, paint container, primere paint, and all the things we need.

It has been a really hot summer this year and we decided that it was too hot to work on the door in the afternoon. I took a long nap while Mr. Q attended a wedding. He came back at around 11pm and we started our midnight painting project.

Here is how the door looks like before. (see left)
You can see the paint peeling off on the edges. This door has gone through 13 years of sunshine, wind, rain and snow.

The hardest part of painting is sanding the surface until it is smooth enough to paint. It took us almost 2 hours to sand the whole door on both sides. By the time we finished painting the first layer of Primer, it was already 3am. It did not seem very long as we chatted and laughed during the whole process. I really enjoyed the process.


The next day, we had to lightly sand the door and paint the 2nd coat. We started at around 5pm while mom preparing a delicious meal for us. It didn't take as much time as most of the hard work was done already. This is how the door looks like after. (see left)