Make your garage door look like a real raised panel door not just painting wood grain on it.
Paint garage door to look like wood grain.
A professionally faux painted door will actually look better.
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.
How to paint metal doors to have a woodgrain look.
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.
Wipe the brush or the tool off on a rag after each pass to prevent blobs of dark glaze on the door.
The giani wood look paint kit is a simple two step application that will transform smooth embossed flat or raised panel doors into high end carriage style doors in just three hours.
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.
However the wood grains on steel do not look realistic.
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.
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.
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.
Brush a layer of the grain glaze mixture over one area of the door in the direction you prefer for the faux grain effect.