Gel Stain On Vinyl Garage Door

Transform your garage door to a gorgeous faux wood door with this easy gel stain diy garage door makeover.

Gel stain on vinyl garage door.

Since we moved into our home our brown painted aluminum garage door had faded more and more. Clean your garage door first. Our son in law did their garage door and some furniture with gel stain it s gorgeous and has held up so well. The only trick is to keep the layer even throughout the surface and avoid dripping.

Remove door hardware and apply painter s tape where needed optional. The furniture is so pretty with gel stain. Then 2 days later i was ready to do the gel stain on the garage door. We also decided to ditch the storm doors as they were in pretty poor shape.

When brushing work on each section of the door at a time and try to mimic the direction of natural wood grain. Spar urethane sealant for exterior applications 15 or so. Or you can follow the direction of the garage door pattern. Our gel stained garage door makeover happened one year ago so i m giving you guys an update.

Affiliate links included for your convenience we used a less than 20 can of gel stain to transform our paint faded aluminum garage door. They only had 4 colors to choose from 15 or so. Choose the right stain color. Gel stain usually dries very quickly especially on a sunny day.

For questions of comments please call 800. Select a cheap brush. However the garage door will need to sit for up to 48 hours to allow the stain to dry completely. Did really great job on garage door.

With a damp rag clean front doors and allow to dry. It actually looks almost just like a stained wood door the vinyl already has wood grain texture i neglected to mention earlier with the grain and the builder is damn happy with it. Looks like you found the right product to use. A recently cleaned and dry garage door for painting.

We chose this gel stain in mahogany. Step 4 drying. If you have a paneled garage door start at the center of the paneling and work your way out. Apply one coat of glidden exterior flat paint color matched to behr glazed pecan.

Apply stain with the foam brush and use the 2 bristle brush to soften and blend stain to match the door and trim. These instructions are also helpful for other simulated wood surfaces. Your garage door looks great so smooth and no brush marks. In contrast to regular wood stain gel stain does not need to be wiped off or rubbed in.

To do this you ll need. Staining the doorjamb door frame the gel stain can also be used to stain the doorjamb door frame and mullions. In case you are wondering why this particular color will mimic the color. We ve lived in our home almost 7 years now.