This gives it the appearance of a genuine wood door with the woodgrain effect embossed on the surface of the metal.
How to faux paint wood grain on garage door.
Here s what you ll need.
Make your garage door look like a real raised panel door not just painting wood grain on it.
Applying a faux wood grain finish can give your garage door some character and enhance your home s exterior.
Materials needed sanding block or sander.
Luckily our custom garage door we chose a few years ago already had a faux wood grain inlaid to the panels.
I ll show you how.
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.
So off i went to create a faux wood garage door.
It is painted in two directions a first in the garage door industry and then fired.
There s nothing worse that rust spots on your garage doors.
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.
Steel garage doors are durable but they also look industrial or at least identical.
A professionally faux painted door will actually look better.
Creating a faux wood garage door.
To learn more consult a garage door specialist in your area.
A more expensive option is to install a faux wood garage door.
Our giani wood look kit for garage doors includes all the tools you need to makeover your garage door from start to finish.
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.
Be sure to check out the faux wood doors if you are shopping for new garage doors.
You ll be happy to know that garaga offers a steel garage door in american walnut.
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.
I am lightly dragging the brush at an angle across the grain to highlight it.
This was done in 2 steps in 2 days.