How To Paint A Steel Garage Door To Look Like Wood
A more expensive option is to install a faux wood garage door.
How to paint a steel 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. 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. Our giani wood look kit for garage doors includes all the tools you need to makeover your garage door from start to finish. How to paint metal doors to have a woodgrain look.
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. People usually paint the garage door in metallic colors that start looking dull and boring soon. However the wood grains on steel do not look realistic.
Make your garage door look like a real raised panel door not just painting wood grain on it. However you can paint it with a wooden color of paint to make it look like a wooden door. 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. 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.
This was done in 2 steps in 2 days.