Making A Garage Door Look Like Wood

With a few inexpensive tools and supplies and patience anyone can turn an ordinary white door into one that looks like wood without spending the thousands usually required for a custom made one.

Making a garage door look like wood.

We chose this gel stain in mahogany. Garage door makeover with stain to create a faux wood effect. Use an exterior primer if the part of the. 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 of our faux wooden garage doors look very realistic. It s actually pretty easy to do and will only take an afternoon to really change the way your garage door looks. 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. This project is simple and has a huge effect on the look of your home.

Then wipe it clean with a damp cloth. Gently sand a previously painted door to make the door more receptive to primer. Prime the door with a rust resistant latex primer even if the door is new and has been primed at the factory. 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. Transform your garage door to a gorgeous fauxwood door with this easy gel stain diy garagedoor makeover. Make your garage door look like a real raised panel door not just painting wood grain on it. I didn t know that simple stains can make a faux wood look that is very convincing.

If the door is new clean it with a mild degreasing household cleaner. Our giani wood look kit for garage doors includes all the tools you need to makeover your garage door from start to finish.