Be sure to check out the faux wood doors if you are shopping for new garage doors.
How to paint garage doors like wood.
Apply a quality exterior paint to the door using the same method as described for priming.
A more expensive option is to install a faux wood garage door.
Proper preparation before you paint constitutes 99 percent of the work.
Bottom to top starting with the inner panels and working outward to the.
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.
Inadequate preparation may lead to paint surface failure and in extreme cases where the door is exposed to continual water dry rot.
This was done in 2 steps in 2 days.
I love the look of stained wood doors so much.
Paint a cardboard scrap for practice paint several pieces of scrap cardboard in the same base color you plan to use.
A professionally faux painted door will actually look better.
Painting a wood garage door is a simple task.
Paint the garage door.
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.
A poorly done job however will be embarrassingly obvious.
Make your garage door look like a real raised panel door not just painting wood grain on it.
The only color aspect of the exterior that i am 100 sure of is i like the look of stained wood doors like the wood on these garage 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.
If the door has raised panels apply the paint in the direction you prefer for the faux wood grain this way any visible brush strokes add to the grain effect.