Give the door a faux wood grain finish with paint.
Paint metal garage door to look like wood.
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.
Warm up a metal door with the look of natural wood.
A professionally faux painted door will actually look better.
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Faux painting your metal doors to simulate natural wood can give them charming character and a.
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.
Make your garage door look like a real raised panel door not just painting wood grain on it.
A more expensive option is to install a faux wood garage door.
Our giani wood look kit for garage doors includes all the tools you need to makeover your garage door from start to finish.
And i knew i could achieve the look using my faux wood grain painting technique.
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.
Wood grain can be added to any door or surface with the help of a simple hand held tool that can be purchased at most hardware stores.
Supplies cost less than 40 00 or we.
How to paint metal doors to have a woodgrain look.
However the wood grains on steel do not look realistic.
Any type of steel door can receive the faux bois treatment even a garage door.
Instead of swapping out a steel door for a wooden one work with what you have.
In this video i show you how i took our boring steel garage door and turned it into a wood door using paint and stain.
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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.
I originally planned on simply painting that to match the tan on the rest of the door.