Making A Garage Door Look Like Wood

From cold plain white or simple solid paint your garage door to look like wood in a.

Making a garage door look like wood.

This was done in 2 steps in 2 days. We chose this gel stain in mahogany. Being a builder for a decade he knew the challanges with cost and maintenence on wood garage doors. These garage doors are some of the closest you ll get to the look of real wood.

After years of testing and trial and error fauxs and finishes have developed a system no other comany uses and it lasts. Transform your garage door to a gorgeous fauxwood door with this easy gel stain diy garagedoor makeover. I didn t know that simple stains can make a faux wood look that is very convincing. It s actually pretty easy to do and will only take an afternoon to really change the way your garage door looks.

Be sure to check out the faux wood doors if you are shopping for new garage doors. Instead of swapping out a steel door for a wooden one work with what you have. Give the door a faux wood grain finish with 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.

Tyler kessler of fauxs and finishes was the trend starter for the faux wood garage door concept. Fiberglass garage doors the first three garage doors in the line up are our overhead door impression fiberglass garage doors that utilize artfully molded wood grain fiberglass surface which gives the beauty of wood without the maintenance. Make your garage door look like a real raised panel door not just painting wood grain on it. Giani black walnut wood tone base coat two 16.

Garage door makeover with stain to create a faux wood effect this project is simple and has a huge effect on the look of your home. Any type of steel door can receive the faux bois treatment even a garage door. Giani wood look paint is a water based acrylic safe low on odor and vocs but designed. 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.

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 more expensive option is to install a faux wood garage door.