How To Faux Paint Wood Grain On Garage Door

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How to faux paint wood grain on garage door.

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. So with some paint i went to work and made our garage door look like this want to give this faux wood garage door a try. Applying a faux wood grain finish can give your garage door some character and enhance your home s exterior. It is painted in two directions a first in the garage door industry and then fired.

You can transform any steel or wood garage door with giani wood look paint. Our giani wood look kit for garage doors includes all the tools you need to makeover your garage door from start to finish. Creating a faux wood garage door. This gives it the appearance of a genuine wood door with the woodgrain effect embossed on the surface of the metal.

You ll be happy to know that garaga offers a steel garage door in american walnut. So off i went to create a faux wood garage door. To learn more consult a garage door specialist in your area. Here s what you ll need.

A more expensive option is to install a faux wood garage door. 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. Supplies cost less than 40 00 or we. This was done in 2 steps in 2 days.

I am lightly dragging the brush at an angle across the grain to highlight it. 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. There s nothing worse that rust spots on your garage doors. I ll show you how.

Make your garage door look like a real raised panel door not just painting wood grain on it. Steel garage doors are durable but they also look industrial or at least identical. A professionally faux painted door will actually look better.