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Painting steel garage doors to look like wood.
This technique will give the appearance of a high end solid.
A professionally faux painted door will actually look better.
This was done in 2 steps in 2 days.
However the wood grains on steel do not look realistic.
And it only takes a couple of hours.
Our house faces south.
Faux painting your metal doors to simulate natural wood can give them charming character and a.
The first step to paint metal doors is to ascertain the kind of look you want the end product to have.
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.
Changing the color of our fiberglass door.
A more expensive option is to install a faux wood garage door.
And i knew i could achieve the look using my faux wood grain painting technique.
Giani honey oak kit sun damaged door.
Our giani wood look kit for garage doors includes all the tools you need to makeover your garage door from start to finish.
Warm up a metal door with the look of natural wood.
Step 2 buying the supplies.
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.
Technique for faux wood painting metal doors.
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.
Any type of steel door can receive the faux bois treatment even a garage door.
If you have a fiberglass door you can paint it to look like stained wood with these few simple steps.
For the wood look browse though magazines and try to narrow down on the kind of wood finish you would like.
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.
Step 1 the 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.