Surface prep is the most important fist step of any painting project. So I clean the door with soap and water and a scrub pad. My tools of the trade in the photo below.
This door has the dreaded window row at the top. It typically adds 4-5 hours more to painting the garage door like wood to have to deal with the window frames around these 8 windows in the top row.
Also in this next photo you can see how I have already applied the base coat of paint on the door.
The next photo is of the windows completed. They came out great but a time bandit.
I really like these little stools to set the paint tray on. The next photo shows how I have my set-up when I am working on the garage doors.
The close-up next shows the completed project.
Here is the completed garage door again. Notice how nice the wood tone matches the rain gutters over it. Coincidence?