How To Properly Lubricate Your Garage Door. DIY Garage Door Maintenance.

How To Properly Lubricate Your Garage Door. DIY Garage Door Maintenance. Today we are going to take a look at what it takes to properly maintain a garage door with Blaster Garage Door Lubricant. Most garage door require lubrication every 6 months or possibly sooner if the door is used frequently throughout the day. The garage door really needs to be cleaned before it's lubricated. Dirt is abrasive and abrasives accelerate wear. By cleaning the door first you remove the dirt and contaminants before you apply lubricant. Spray the garage door lubricant on all the hinges, rollers, pulleys, cables, bearings, and springs. Work the lubricant into the parts by manually raising and lowering the door a few times. If you keep up with lubricating your garage door regularly, not only will it keep your garage door quiet but, it will help the components like the springs, hinges, and bearings last much longer.
Why? Because B'laster Freakin' Works!
B’laster Garage Door Lubricant is a silicone-based lubricant that leaves a tack-free film that won’t accumulate dust and dirt. In some instances, its extreme pressure agents make it a suitable replacement for grease. It effectively helps stop squeaks associated with garage doors and mechanisms.
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00:00 Why lubricate a garage door
00:49 What lubricant should you use?
3:25 Cleaning/degreasing the lube points
5:07 How to lubricate a garage door
7:16 How to lubricate the opener
8:39 Work the lube into the door
9:50 Like, Share, Subscribe!

[@dylan_50]

This is the best tutorial on this site for lubricating a garage door. My door had so much crud and grease on the track that lubricating it alone would not work. After cleaning out the entire track and the hinges, my door opens smoother and quieter than ever before.

[@flickwtchr]

I just had a situation where Blaster solved the problem. Last week when the temperature in my neck of the woods was below zero and barely above zero for days, I went to drive to the market and the garage door would not open. Thinking it was perhaps frozen at the bottom I mixed some de-icer into some hot water and poured along the door inside and out. Still stuck. I live in a rental and after doing a bit of research and inspecting the spring, etc., there weren't any signs of mechanical failure, so I thought before I call for maintenance I would rush deliver a can of Blaster, with a warmer day coming up to try that solution first. Well, I just finished lubricating it, and it opened like a charm and was much quieter too. By the way, I knew I could use the cord to decouple the carriage, but it's an old house with an old heavy wooden garage door and I just recently tweaked my back so figured waiting a few days for a possible solution would be best. Anyway, hope that helps someone so that they try the lube first prior to a maintenance call. I lubricated the spring, rollers (not the track, but did clean it as suggested), cable wound at the top pulley, pulley bearings, all flex hinges, carriage, and screw drive assembly. Under 7 bucks and a little time, was all it took. Not covered in this video, I advise using some goggles to protect your eyes and some good ventilation going. Definitely don't breathe in the mist, and it creates a ton of it while spraying even with the aiming tube attached.

[@danieladkins452]

My garage door stopped squeaking after I cleaned and greased per this video. Appreciate the content

[@ethanlieske9678]

I wish more products had usage guides this detailed

[@hart316]

Best demonstration here on KZbin!

[@gregmize01]

I had a credit at home depot, and passing by the spray lube aisle, I picked up a can of this. Went home, watched the vid and got to work...AND HOLY COW, IT WORKED LIKE A CHARM!!!! Thanks!

[@BlasterProducts]

Thanks! That's what we like to hear!

[@jayhoss7724]

100% accurate. I learned the hard way. White grease worked well for a couple months. Garage door started getting stuck. After inspection heavy dust and dirt build up like he said. Should have went with the silicone base instead. Thanks for for video. Wish it was the one I watched before spraying.

[@Nathan-hs9po]

Wow when you put the lithium grease on your hands vs the silicone lube… that really sold me to get the silicone one instead. Definitely don’t want all that grease sitting in your garage door collecting dirt!

[@troskeyj]

Think you’ve just earned my business with how thorough and well thought out this tutorial/infomercial was!!

[@hartleyhubbard3827]

Fantastic demonstration! Well done, brother. Greg [garden grove, CA usa]

[@nightwines]

I know you are selling a product here but by far this is the best video I have found on this. Much of what you point out I have seen comments from other garage door companies cross referencing such as the lubricant and the flat spotting of the rollers. Excellent video.

[@annabetancourt5272]

I thought I needed a new garage door because door kept getting stuck midway. Homeowner friend told me to lubricate the doors. Your tutorial is excellent. I'll go online and order the product. Think you represent the product very well.

[@richardmiel3216]

Thank you for sharing this information. Love it❤

[@markLikesSports]

Excellent video!

[@Workemail-nh2pd]

Thank you. Very informative.

[@matraz10]

Tip... I aleays put a single column of old newspaper on the outside center of the garage door with painters tape. Keeps drips off the door as it's being opened and closed to work in the new stuff.

[@karenlucci2154]

Thank you for this tip. I was just wondering how to clean the concrete after watching this video.

[@denniswebster1048]

What do you mean by outside center?

[@joys2650]

Great! Mission accomplished! Thank you for the details!

[@lyndamitchell238]

Followed the steps he showed in the video and it worked like a charm. Great video thank you so much.

[@dronesouth9098]

Only suggestion I have is when you are cleaning the tracks, just put the door up so there is nothing in the tracks. Then you can wipe all the way up and down without having to go around the wheels. I clean around the wheels really well, then put the door up, then clean and grease the tracks.

[@patrickcorboy9071]

Thank you.

[@ronaldoliver1700]

Thank you

[@gregmize01]

Thanks!

[@chrisf2022]

Best video ever. No one says to clean the hinges first. I used the Blaster white lithium (based on recommendation from other videos i watched years ago) and my hinges are caked with goo and dirt. Went out to buy a citrus degreaser to clean the hinges first then apply Blaster garage lubricant. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@amistosophoto]

Thank you, I've been looking to get a lubricant for my garage door and I was heavily leaning towards a lithium based one, but I think I'm definitely going to go with your recommendation of silicone. Thank you!

[@mihirmaniar5641]

Thank you for the detailed video. It’s very helpful. I had a doubt, if my door has a chain drive instead of dog the shaft as you have, will this product work on the chain drive? Should we first degrease the chain and then apply this door lubricant?

[@ronberezowski5955]

Thanks for the informative and comprehensive video. I watched this first, then went and bough a citrus-based degreaser and and a second can of "Jig-a-loo" (no affiliation with this product, have used it before). I never did the cleaning before, but I did remove a lot of gunk while doing it. Then used the silicon spray and voila - a quiet door finally! Will do another round in late fall and then in the spring, as our door gets a lot of use. Great video!

[@JoeGolfKing]

Just finished doing this with your product. I really didn't have a squeaky door, but I had never lubricated the door parts ever, so this should help now that I know it is routine maintenance. It sprays easily, and I really didn't have much mess at all.

[@tomatexelon]

FYI - You shouldn’t lubricate the last 2-3 inches of the torsion spring(s) on either end, you can clean and lube the center but stay away from the ends because this is how the spring attaches to the (red) & (black) winding cones.

[@viper365]

Master Blaster

[@helloman3676]

DAMN IT! Saw this too late. Used the white lithium grease.....

[@shockme66]

do you use the degreaser on the torsion spring as well then grease it?

[@zoeyjeong8879]

Do you degrease the chains and the bottom of trail as well before lubricating? I found the trail has very dark dirt on it and not sure I should wipe it or just lubricate on without cleaning.

[@GodisLove10932]

This video mentions that if one has a belt drive style garage door opener, not to spray the garage loob on the belt. How does that loob or lobe looks like? I want to make sure I don't spray it but I don't know what to look for since I have no idea what a loob or lobe looks like and I can't figure out the spelling either to top it of....help please ;)

[@SETTAPERFORMANCE]

Anyone know the difference between garage door blaster and blaster silicone ? I believe Teflon but wasn’t sure what that affected

[@karinah5487]

Nice video. Bought a bottle. Garage door hasn’t seen any love in 5 years and noisy as hell. I have a belt. Should I also lub the tension springs? Lub any joints of the belt drive that connects to the door itself.

[@BlasterProducts]

Yes, lube all the pulleys and cables related to the springs. You can apply a small amount of Garage Door Lube on the pulleys related to the belt drive but as stated in the video try to keep the product off the belt as much as you can. Worst case scenario, the belt could slip if it's lubricated.

[@garydp9760]

wait, what, did I miss the quite part? still sounded very noisy at the end . . .

[@prameshpatel9804]

Can I use the citrus degreaser on the belt drive?

[@BlasterProducts]

No don't suggest it because, any leftover degreaser could cause the belt to slip.

[@prameshpatel9804]

Thank you!

[@natetrib]

What lubricant should you use on the chain of a chain-driven garage door?

[@BlasterProducts]

Our garage door lube works great on the drive chains as well.

[@Jesus_Strong]

Mine is a screw drive, can I spray the center screw drive?

[@BlasterProducts]

Sure can!

[@sameedalgora8490]

Should we degrease the screw drive first then re-grease?

[@charleswhite6599]

Why move it up and down manually at the end instead of using the automatic push button?

[@BlasterProducts]

If it still makes noise you will know if it's the door itself or the opener.

[@dathanhull7168]

By doing this manually it doesn't put stress on the start capacitor where it can overheat then pop. Then you have a whole new problem. Learned from expereience.

[@davidsakal449]

Who carries your product?

[@Happy2bme2dae]

I just ordered it from Home Depot 👍✌️

[@andyleo8418]

Use gloves. Those chemicals are no bueno.

[@padmasubramanian7782]

Excellent video..explains what we are doing and why we are doing.Explained lithium grease and silicone based lithium grease.