And i knew i could achieve the look using my faux wood grain painting technique.
Garage door paint looks like wood.
A professionally faux painted door will actually look better.
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.
A more expensive option is to install a faux wood 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.
Paint your garage door and your front door to look like real wood with giani wood look paint.
Giani wood look is a simple diy makeover system that requires little preparation and will transform the front of your home.
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.
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.
This technique will give the appearance of a high end solid.
Be sure to check out the faux wood doors if you are shopping for new garage doors.
But after thinking it over i decided to make this door look richer like a brand new expensive solid wood door.
This was done in 2 steps in 2 days.
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.
Make your garage door look like a real raised panel door not just painting wood grain on it.