I finished up a new garage door job this week.
Fo paint garage doors to look like wood.
Not a driftwood color but on the grayish side nonetheless goes perfectly with the new home color.
Paint a cardboard scrap for practice paint several pieces of scrap cardboard in the same base color you plan to use.
A more expensive option is to install a faux wood garage door.
But if you want your garage door to look elegant like a wooden garage door without actually purchasing it i tell you it is possible.
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.
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.
Here are the steps on how to paint that garage door to look like wood.
Be sure to check out the faux wood doors if you are shopping for new garage doors.
I decided i wanted a wood front door to coordinate with our wood look garage door and wood accent exterior lights but i did not want to strip and restain the door.
You can paint your steel garage door to look like wood.
I became determined to figure out how to paint a door to look like wood so that i could get the wood look without all of the hassle.
A professionally faux painted door will actually look better.
It is a grayish tone of wood.
The color of doors is not typically a color scheme i use but i really like it.
Wooden doors are often expensive and may require a lot of maintenance.
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.