Before And After Faux Wood Garage Door Paint

Our giani wood look kit for garage doors includes all the tools you need to makeover your garage door from start to finish.

Before and after faux wood garage door paint.

Upgrade your home s curb appeal in a single day. One point i see a lot of people making faux carriage doors but they all have the same flaw. We have a 3 car garage and this is on my fall honey do list. You can choose from one of our many color options or we can customize one for you.

Faux wood panel before and after. Giani wood look is a simple diy makeover system that requires little preparation and will transform the front of your home. They love how the dark faux wood finish pops against the white and adds another layer of color and texture to the exterior. Chip and joanna would be proud of the progress this couple has made so far.

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. A colorful clopay modern steel collection garage door helped bring this 1960s mid century modern ranch back to its original glory. Time for the gel stain. Depending on the condition of the paint that s currently on your metal garage door you may have to do a little sanding to remove any superficial rust.

Then you get down to the real business of doing the faux wood painting technique. I used the verathane brand gel stain in mahogany an exterior version of gel stain doesn t seem to exist but i ll be sealing this a quart was more than enough for 2 double doors. Turn on the sound to hear me narrate what i am doing in the video below. Every paint job is done by hand and is unique to your home.

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. 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. Our faux wood painting process can transform your existing garage or almost any other painted surface to look like real wood.