Garage Interior Painting in Denton, TX

Garage interior painting in Denton, TX brightens bare, scuffed or stained garage walls, ceilings, doors and trim with a washable finish. Safe Choice Painting patches dings and nail pops, primes bare drywall and plans the work for days warm enough for paint to cure, since Denton's January nights average about 33 degrees.

A lot of Denton garages

About 56 percent of Denton's housing units are single-family detached homes, by Census estimates, the kind of house that usually has its own garage. Builders often leave garage walls taped but unpainted, or finished with one thin coat. After a few years, the walls carry tire marks, scuffs from bins and bikes, and nail holes from old shelving.

Painting in Denton's cold and heat

Garages are not heated or cooled like the house, so the temperature in them swings with the weather. Denton's coolest month is January, with nights averaging about 33 degrees, and summer highs average 91 to 96. Paint has a minimum temperature for application and drying, printed on the label, and a closed garage in a cold snap can sit below it for days. In winter we pick warmer stretches and can keep the door closed through the day to hold heat in. In summer we start early so the paint is not going on a hot wall in the afternoon.

The wall between the garage and the house

Denton adopted the 2021 International Residential Code by Ordinance 22-667, effective June 1, 2022. That code, in section R302.6, requires gypsum board between an attached garage and the house as a fire separation. For painting, that means:

• small holes and dents in that wall are patched and painted
• larger damage, missing board or openings are pointed out for a drywall or building contractor
• we do not cut into that wall for shelving or other add-ons

Prep and paint

1. Clear the walls. Items stored along the walls are moved toward the center and covered.
2. Clean dust and cobwebs, and degrease spots near the cars.
3. Patch nail pops, dents and old anchor holes; see drywall repair in Denton for bigger damage.
4. Prime bare or newly patched drywall.
5. Paint the ceiling, then walls, then doors and trim.

Shelving, hooks and wall racks

Most garages have shelves, hooks or wall racks. Freestanding shelves are pulled away from the walls. Wall-mounted racks and hooks can stay up and be painted around, or come down so the wall behind them gets paint too; if they come down, you decide whether they go back in the same holes or new spots. Old anchor holes left behind are filled before paint.

Finish and color

Garage walls take bumps from car doors, bins and tools, so an eggshell or satin wall finish wipes clean better than flat. Light colors make the garage brighter for working and parking. Ceilings get a flat or eggshell white. The door into the house is painted on the garage side to match, or in the trim color.

Garage doors and floors

The inside of the overhead door can be painted with the walls. The outside is covered on garage door painting in Denton. Floor coatings are a separate specialty and not part of our garage work.

With the rest of the house

Garage painting often goes with interior work in the house; see interior painting in Denton. The general guide is garage interior painting.

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