However the wood grains on steel do not look realistic.
How to make a metal garage door look like wood.
They used minwax gel stain for this project but you can always use a comparable product.
You ll be happy to know that garaga offers a steel garage door in american walnut.
Transform your garage door to a gorgeous fauxwood door with this easy gel stain diy garagedoor makeover.
A more expensive option is to install a faux wood garage door.
So many people want wood garage doors here in utah but the climate is harsh and takes a toll on real.
In this video i transform metal doors into works of art.
The anderson garage door blog will show you how.
It is painted in two directions a first in the garage door industry and then fired.
I had my laptop nearby the whole time displaying a photo of a door i wanted to replicate.
Here is a cool video that shows how to make a faux wood grain look on a lighter color garage door.
This gives it the appearance of a genuine wood door with the woodgrain effect embossed on the surface of the metal.
Make your garage door look like a real raised panel door not just painting wood grain on it.
Brush a layer of the grain glaze mixture over one area of the door in the direction you prefer for the faux grain effect.
Another option is to buy a new steel garage door with wood grain patterns.
If you have a garage door such as this you can get this project done for about 40 and that s including the brushes.
A professionally faux painted door will actually look better.
Drag either a dry paintbrush or a wood grain rocker tool through the wet glaze to create the look of grain.
This is a bit more advanced and will take a little longer but i think the project turned out great.
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.
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Wipe the brush or the tool off on a rag after each pass to prevent blobs of dark glaze on the door.
Then i used a good paintbrush purdy is my all time favorite to apply a coat of the mixed stain to a small section of the door attempting to create a natural wood look.
We chose this gel stain in mahogany.