How to Clean Rubber Seal on a Garage Door

Fig.1 Garage door

By Gary Boutin

Supplies and Tools:
ArmorAll
Clean rag, or towel 
Soapy water

I was called by a client in Santa Clarita, California. They were selling their home and moving to Colorado. After the Realtor checked each room of their beautiful home, she requested a huge laundry list of repairs that needed to be addressed immediately. One job was to clean the garage door seal. 

This post shows the four steps to cleaning the garage rubber strip at the bottom of the door.

Step 1: Roll up the garage door and inspect the black rubber seal. Check to see if the seal is cracked or cut. If not precede to the next step and fig.1 shows the opened garage door.
Step 2: Fig.2 shows the seal is dirty, a rag dipped in soapy water will remove the dirt and leave the seal clean.

Fig.2 Dirty seal

Fig.3 Cleaner

Step 3: After the seal is clean the last step is to use a rubber sealer. Fig.4 shows the use the ArmorAll product will seal the rubber strip.

Fig.4 Clean the seal

Step 4: Fig.5 shows the garage door seal is ready for many more years of work. This rubber seal is clean and is sealed and pliable to do its job of keeping dirt and wind drafts out of the garage. The door seal passed the inspection and thus this job was finished.

Fig.5 Job done

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How to Paint Damaged Baseboards

Fig.1 Kilz® 
white primer

By Gary Boutin

Supplies and Tools:
Kilz® white primer
Frazee ® White Paint
Paint brush 1 inch
Masking tape, 3 inches 

Mrs. Hew called me because she was having a huge family party. Mrs. Hew noticed that she had damages from her dogs and she wanted her baseboards painted and some minor wall damage repaired.

This post shows how damaged baseboards can be repaired and repainted.

Step 1: Fig.1 shows the baseboards were painted with Kilz® latex primer.
Step 2: Fig.2 shows the customer's to paint the damaged baseboards. 

Fig.2 Frazee ® White Paint

Step 3: Fig.3 shows the damaged baseboards.

Fig.3 Damaged baseboards

Step 4: Fig.4 shows the baseboards are dirty.
Step 5: Fig.5 shows the baseboards have been washed with soapy water and wiped dry.

Fig.4 Dirty baseboards

Fig.5 Wipe baseboards

Step 6: Fig.6 shows all the baseboards have masking tape on the floor. The tape protects the floor and give a nice painted line at the floor level. 
Step 7: Fig.7 shows the painting brush applying paint on the top of the baseboards.

Fig.6 Paint baseboards

Fig.7 Pain top of baseboards

Step 8: Fig.8 shows the baseboards have been painted with semi-gloss paint.
Step 9: Fig.9 shows the job is finished and the baseboards are ready to be inspected.

Fig.8 Semi-gloss paint

Fig.9 Finished

Step 10: Fig.10 shows the finished front foyer baseboards area. 

Fig.10 Finished baseboards

Fig.11 Drying

Step 11: Fig.11 shows the garage area is all cleaned up.
Step 12: Fig.12 shows the area has been vacuumed for painting debris. Now Mrs Hew is already for her party and she can plan for other activities.

Fig.12 Vacuuming

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