A professionally faux painted door will actually look better.
Paint garage door to look like wood grain.
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.
Wipe the brush or the tool off on a rag after each pass to prevent blobs of dark glaze on the door.
From cold plain white or simple solid paint your garage door to look like wood in a single morning or afternoon with giani wood look paint for garage doors.
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.
This was done in 2 steps in 2 days.
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.
Our giani wood look kit for garage doors includes all the tools you need to makeover your garage door from start to finish.
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.
Drag either a dry paintbrush or a wood grain rocker tool through the wet glaze to create the look of grain.
Brush a layer of the grain glaze mixture over one area of the door in the direction you prefer for the faux grain effect.
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.
How to paint metal doors to have a woodgrain look.
However the wood grains on steel do not look realistic.