The biggest thing on the front of your house
A garage door is usually the largest single surface anyone sees from the street — often bigger than the front door, the windows and the porch put together. When the finish goes patchy, it drags down the front of the house no matter how good everything else looks.
It’s also the surface that takes the worst of the Texas sun, so it tends to fail years before the rest of the exterior does.
Paint or stain — the door decides
This isn’t really a preference question. It comes down to what the door is made of:
- Fiberglass and metal doors get painted. Stain has nothing to soak into on either.
- Wood doors get stained, so the grain still reads instead of being buried under a solid color.
It’s one service and one quote either way. We’ll confirm which yours is when we come out.
Washed, dried, then refinished
The part that decides whether the finish lasts isn’t the coating — it’s what’s underneath it.
- Pressure wash the door, taking off years of road dust, pollen and chalking
- Let it dry fully — a few hours, sometimes overnight
- Come back, mask everything off, and paint or stain
That drying gap is the step most people skip. Putting a finish over a damp door traps moisture underneath it, and the coating lifts within a season or two. Waiting costs a day and buys years.
Start to finish, most doors are about a day to a day and a half.
Call us for a free quote on refinishing your garage door.