Painting Wood Grain On Garage Door

You can transform any steel or wood garage door with giani wood look paint.

Painting wood grain on garage door.

The only color aspect of the exterior that i am 100 sure of is i like the look of stained wood doors like the wood on these garage door. He also did my front door and trim around the house and i bought 2 more tikis. Brush the primer in the identical direction as the grain of the wood. This all looked soooo good that my neighbors used him too.

A power drill can be used to remove and replace the hinge screws. 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. Lightly sand the door surface with a fine sandpaper for better paint adhesion. Paint thinner can be used in place of mineral spirits.

Wear rubber gloves when you are staining. If there are any hairline splits in the wood that do not require filling you can paint across the grain to make sure they get primer inside them. If the door does not contain panels start from the top and work down. I love the look of stained wood doors so much.

He did a fantastic job on these white doors they really look like wood. Now it s time to paint. A good size would be somewhere between 3 and 5. He made the best tiki i have ever seen.

You may remember last summer s tutorial on how i faux painted my front door to look like it was stained wood with transparent wood grain showing through. First step is to roll on the wood tone base coat. Steel garage doors are durable but they also look industrial or at least identical. Make your garage door look like a real raised panel door not just painting wood grain on it.

Tape off the edges around your garage door and the bottom of your garage door to keep it from getting paint on the rubber seal. This was done in 2 steps in 2 days. Use a large size paintbrush to cover the surface area quicker. He told me he also does faux painting on garage doors to make them look like wood.

If you are not satisfied with the look apply more gel stain and. Zach freeman demonstrates a more refined method of applying faux finish woodgrain to metal garage doors. Use denatured alcohol soaked in an a clean rag or wiping cloth to remove grime that have accumulated over a period of.