Garage Door Grease Cleaner

Caution should be used around any nuts or bolts with red heads.

Garage door grease cleaner.

It s a good idea to have a specific bucket for washing your car and garage door. Clean 3 5 gallon bucket. Once your door is clean spray a lithium based grease or garage door lube onto the hinges and rollers. And finally tighten any loose screws or nuts.

For wood doors clean the outside of the door by wiping it with a dry soft cloth. Once loosened the weather strip should slide out if you pull a free end from the side of the garage door. Do not use wd 40 type lubricant oil based or grease. Lubricate the tracks and hinges with a silicone or teflon based spray.

Wash the door with a soft sponge or cloth and a cleaner appropriate for the surface then thoroughly rinse the door with a hose. Clean the door groove to be free of any debris. They give you more freedom to evenly coat hinges locks gears and springs. To lubricate a garage door first close it and disconnect the power by turning off the switch or circuit breaker.

You re going to need a couple of basic supplies that you probably already have in your garage. If the weather seal has trouble sliding into place pull it all the way back out and apply penetrating oil to the groove. After cleaning a wood door may also require repainting or staining. Getting a white lithium grease compound.

Then open and close the door to distribute the lubricant. Garage door lubricants that are grease based go on by hand and are much messier. Then slide a new piece of weather seal into the door groove.