A professionally faux painted door will actually look better.
Paint garage door to look like wood grain.
Brush a layer of the grain glaze mixture over one area of the door in the direction you prefer for the faux grain effect.
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.
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.
Drag either a dry paintbrush or a wood grain rocker tool through the wet glaze to create the look of grain.
Our giani wood look kit for garage doors includes all the tools you need to makeover your garage door from start to finish.
Wood grain can be added to any door or surface with the help of a simple hand held tool that can be purchased at most hardware stores.
A more expensive option is to install a faux wood garage door.
The giani wood look paint kit is a simple two step application that will transform smooth embossed flat or raised panel doors into high end carriage style doors in just three hours.
Make your garage door look like a real raised panel door not just painting wood grain on it.
How to paint metal doors to have a woodgrain look.
Wipe the brush or the tool off on a rag after each pass to prevent blobs of dark glaze on the door.
However the wood grains on steel do not look realistic.
From cold plain white or simple solid paint your garage door to look like wood in a single morning or afternoon with giani wood look paint for garage doors.