A professionally faux painted door will actually look better.
How to paint a metal garage door to look like wood.
How to paint metal doors to have a woodgrain look.
We did not use oil base at all for this tutorial.
Yes it does take a little more work but you won.
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.
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.
Make your garage door look like a real raised panel door not just painting wood grain on it.
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 more expensive option is to install a faux wood garage door.
Your doors will last a lot long using water based products.
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.
However the wood grains on steel do not look realistic.
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.
Instead of swapping out a steel door for a wooden one work with what you have.
This was done in 2 steps in 2 days.