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.
How to wood grain a garage door.
This was done in 2 steps in 2 days.
It is painted in two directions a first in the garage door industry and then fired.
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.
This gives it the appearance of a genuine wood door with the woodgrain effect embossed on the surface of the metal.
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.
Transform your garage door to a gorgeous faux wood door with this easy gel stain diy garage door makeover.
Supplies cost less than 40 00 or we.
We ve been dreaming up garage door makeover ideas since we first purchased our home and though we ve been making over just about every square inch of our house our garage door was working and in great condition.
You ll be happy to know that garaga offers a steel garage door in american walnut.
A more expensive option is to install a faux wood 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.
How i transformed a plain run of the mill metal garage door in chandler arizo.
How to woodgrain garage door part 12 of 18.
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Our giani wood look kit for garage doors includes all the tools you need to makeover your garage door from start to finish.
However the wood grains on steel do not look realistic.
Paint a cardboard scrap for practice paint several pieces of scrap cardboard in the same base color you plan to use.
Make your garage door look like a real raised panel door not just painting wood grain on it.
Glazing the horizontal rails b.