Our giani wood look kit for garage doors includes all the tools you need to makeover your garage door from start to finish.
Fo paint garage doors to look like wood.
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.
Here are the steps on how to paint that garage door to look like wood.
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.
I finished up a new garage door job this week.
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.
A professionally faux painted door will actually look better.
If the door has raised panels apply the paint in the direction you prefer for the faux wood grain this way any visible brush strokes add to the grain effect.
Paint a cardboard scrap for practice paint several pieces of scrap cardboard in the same base color you plan to use.
But if you want your garage door to look elegant like a wooden garage door without actually purchasing it i tell you it is possible.
I decided i wanted a wood front door to coordinate with our wood look garage door and wood accent exterior lights but i did not want to strip and restain the door.
I became determined to figure out how to paint a door to look like wood so that i could get the wood look without all of the hassle.
You can paint your steel garage door to look like wood.
A more expensive option is to install a faux wood garage door.
I painted three garage doors to look like wood two single garage doors and a double.
Be sure to check out the faux wood doors if you are shopping for new garage doors.
It is a grayish tone of wood.
Wooden doors are often expensive and may require a lot of maintenance.