And i knew i could achieve the look using my faux wood grain painting technique.
Painting steel garage doors to look like wood.
Giani honey oak kit sun damaged 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.
However the wood grains on steel do not look realistic.
Our giani wood look kit for garage doors includes all the tools you need to makeover your garage door from start to finish.
For the wood look browse though magazines and try to narrow down on the kind of wood finish you would like.
But after thinking it over i decided to make this door look richer like a brand new expensive solid wood door.
Make your garage door look like a real raised panel door not just painting wood grain on it.
A professionally faux painted door will actually look better.
This technique will give the appearance of a high end solid.
Technique for faux wood painting metal doors.
Changing the color of our fiberglass door.
Step 1 the look.
Our house faces south.
Head to the home décor store and browse through the various samples.
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.
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.
Step 2 buying the supplies.
The first step to paint metal doors is to ascertain the kind of look you want the end product to have.
Warm up a metal door with the look of natural wood.
English oak base coat honey oak finish coat quality paint brush or.
And it only takes a couple of hours.
This was done in 2 steps in 2 days.
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.
I originally planned on simply painting that to match the tan on the rest of the door.
Faux painting your metal doors to simulate natural wood can give them charming character and a.
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.