Garage Door Paint Looks Like Wood

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.

Garage door paint looks like wood.

Paint your garage door and your front door to look like real wood with giani wood look paint. Giani wood look is a simple diy makeover system that requires little preparation and will transform the front of your home. Be sure to check out the faux wood doors if you are shopping for new garage doors. 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.

Make your garage door look like a real raised panel door not just painting wood grain on it. Paint a cardboard scrap for practice paint several pieces of scrap cardboard in the same base color you plan to use. 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. 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.

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. This was done in 2 steps in 2 days.