Paint your garage door and your front door to look like real wood with giani wood look paint.
Before and after faux wood garage door paint.
One point i see a lot of people making faux carriage doors but they all have the same flaw.
You can choose from one of our many color options or we can customize one for you.
Time for the gel stain.
Giani wood look is a simple diy makeover system that requires little preparation and will transform the front of 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.
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.
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.
Every paint job is done by hand and is unique to your home.
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.
Then you get down to the real business of doing the faux wood painting technique.
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.
Turn on the sound to hear me narrate what i am doing in the video below.
Upgrade your home s curb appeal in a single day.
Our faux wood painting process can transform your existing garage or almost any other painted surface to look like real wood.
Our giani wood look kit for garage doors includes all the tools you need to makeover your garage door from start to finish.
They love how the dark faux wood finish pops against the white and adds another layer of color and texture to the exterior.
Faux wood panel before and after.
We have a 3 car garage and this is on my fall honey do list.
Thanks for the tutorial on faux wood paint on a garage door.