Painting Metal Garage Door To Look Like Wood
Part of the process of staining a garage door to look like wood is using brush strokes to allow the base color to come through just a little to give it that woodgrain look.
Painting metal garage door to look like wood. Technique for faux wood painting metal doors. Our giani wood look kit for garage doors includes all the tools you need to makeover your garage door from start to finish. Warm up a metal door with the look of natural wood. And i knew i could achieve the look using my faux wood grain painting technique.
But after thinking it over i decided to make this door look richer like a brand new expensive solid wood door. Wood grain can be added to any door or surface with the help of a simple hand held tool that can be purchased at most hardware stores. A professionally faux painted door will actually look better. Any type of steel door can receive the faux bois treatment even a garage door.
How to paint metal doors to have a woodgrain look. A more expensive option is to install 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. This technique will give the appearance of a high end solid.
This was done in 2 steps in 2 days. 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. Make your garage door look like a real raised panel door not just painting wood grain on it. Most neutral colors would work great for this but if you ve got a bright or bold garage door color you may consider painting it neutral before adding the gel stain.
Preparing the project area set a dropcloth on the ground near the door and tape the door frame and hardware with painter s tape to protect it from primer and paint.