How To Paint Your Garage Door To Look Like Wood
How to paint a door to look like wood.
How to paint your garage door to look like wood. Our giani wood look kit for garage doors includes all the tools you need to makeover your garage door from start to finish. This is what it looked like before as you can see there s nothing really wrong with the door per se. How to paint or stain a steel door to make it look like wood. Any type of steel door can receive the faux bois treatment even a garage door.
Posted on april 20 2015 by susan. Yes normally the hardware is intact the only part that really bothered me was. Preparing the project area. Work with what you have.
Make anything look like wood duration. Even if you ve recently painted your garage door harsh weather and other environmental factors can quickly do a number on it. For a few years now i ve been wanting to spruce up the side door that opens into our garage. 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.
Faux wood garage door tutorial diy no oil based paint. 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. Go over these areas with a little bit of fresh paint to keep the door in good shape from top to bottom. This was done in 2 steps in 2 days.
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. With a few inexpensive tools and supplies and patience anyone can turn an ordinary white door into one that looks like wood without spending the thousands usually required for a custom made one. Staining your door without stripping. For most homes the garage door occupies more than 30 percent of the frontal view so upgrading your garage door will definitely help improve curb appeal.
Get in the habit of eyeing your garage door every so often and looking for areas that may need refreshing. Keep additional paint on hand for occasional touch ups. I love the look of stained wood doors so much. Set a dropcloth on the ground near the door and tape the door frame and hardware with painter s tape to protect it from primer and paint.