However the wood grains on steel do not look realistic.
Paint garage door to look like wood.
Paint a cardboard scrap for practice paint several pieces of scrap cardboard in the same base color you plan to use.
A professionally faux painted door will actually look better.
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.
Our giani wood look kit for garage doors includes all the tools you need to makeover your garage door from start to finish.
A more expensive option is to install a faux wood garage door.
Paint your garage door and your front door to look like real wood with giani wood look paint.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Upgrade your home s curb appeal in a single day.
Make your garage door look like a real raised panel door not just painting wood grain on it.
If the door has raised panels apply the paint in the direction you prefer for the faux wood grain this way any visible brush strokes add to the grain effect.
Giani wood look paint is a water.
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.
I love the look of stained wood doors so much.