We chose this gel stain in mahogany.
Faux painting garage doors look like wood.
Be sure to check out the faux wood doors if you are shopping for new garage doors.
Transform your garage door to a gorgeous faux wood door with this easy gel stain diy garage door makeover.
Faux painting your metal doors to simulate natural wood can give them charming character and a.
Use an exterior primer if the part of the door getting the faux wood treatment faces outdoors.
Most of our faux wooden garage doors look very realistic.
At faux doors we elevate the curb appeal and attraction of your home by hand painting your current garage doors to look like real wood grain doors.
Select a cheap brush.
Tips for a diy garage door makeover and how to gel stain a garage door to look like wood.
Our giani wood look kit for garage doors includes all the tools you need to makeover your garage door from start to finish.
Clean your garage door first.
A more expensive option is to install a faux wood garage door.
Diy faux wood carriage door.
Allow the primer to dry.
With our proprietary polymer paint our faux wood finish is designed to last for the.
It comes with two cans of wood tone base coat two cans of wood grain finish coat a giani paint mitt 2 brush two plastic tarps roller tray 6 roller arm and one cover and two stir sticks.
Our painting technique mimics the attributes of real wood to create a visual illusion of an authentic wood door.
If the door is new clean it with a mild degreasing household cleaner.
Choose the right stain color.
Here s what you ll need.
Luckily our custom garage door we chose a few years ago already had a faux wood grain inlaid to the panels.
Technique for faux wood painting metal doors.
Wood grain doors provide consumers with wood look garage doors that are actuall faux wooden garage doors for homeowners that want the rich look of a real wood garage door but without the regular maintenance have a lot of options to choose from.
A professionally faux painted door will actually look better.
Warm up a metal door with the look of natural wood.
I ll show you how.
So off i went to create a faux wood garage door.
The newer generation faux wood door looks identical to a real wood door but is cheaper and requires less upkeep compared to a real wood door.