Any type of steel door can receive the faux bois treatment even a garage door.
Metal garage doors painted to look like wood.
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.
Preparing the project area 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.
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.
Our giani wood look kit for garage doors includes all the tools you need to makeover your garage door from start to finish.
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.
Technique for faux wood painting metal doors.
Warm up a metal door with the look of natural wood.
However the wood grains on steel do not look realistic.
A professionally faux painted door will actually look better.
A more expensive option is to install a faux wood garage door.
Painted faux wood garage door courtyard collection maybe you re wanting a painted wood door look instead of a stained finish.