Garage Doors Painted To Look Like Wood

And i ve really been loving the light and natural wood look lately.

Garage doors painted to look like wood.

How to paint or stain a steel door to make it look like wood. 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. Available in customizable carriage house and contemporary garage door designs. But after thinking it over i decided to make this door look richer like a brand new expensive solid wood door.

In an episode of today s homeowner last spring i helped a homeowner apply a wood look paint kit to their garage door and front door. The garage door in the photograph above started out as a typical white garage door. We ve been dreaming up garage door makeover ideas since we first purchased our home and though we ve been making over just about every square inch of our house our garage door was working and in great condition it just wasn t a style we liked in fact i wanted a wood garage door. You guys wood garage doors are expensive.

Enjoy the authentic look of swing out coach house doors paired with the modern day functionality of upward operation. Like real wood the surface can be painted or stained. A more expensive option is to install a faux wood garage door. So it s been looking iffy for a few years now.

I painted it to look like wood and i can show you the process i use to create this look in a complete step by step ebook tutorial that is 132 pages filled with dozens of photographs and approximately 2 hours of videos. Jul 27 2020 clopay canyon ridge collection faux wood garage doors are constructed from a durable insulated low maintenance composite material that looks like real wood but it won t rot warp or crack. Wood grain doors provide consumers with wood look garage doors that are actuall faux wooden garage doors for homeowners that want the rich look of a real wood garage door but without the regular maintenance have a lot of options to choose from. Insulated carriage house garage doors with faux wood look overlays on a steel base clopay s canyon ridge carriage house 4 layer garage doors add character and charm to your home.

Most of our faux wooden garage doors look very realistic. Apply more of the grain glaze in an adjacent area brushing in the same direction again for a consistent wood grain look. However the wood grains on steel do not look realistic. 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.

And i knew i could achieve the look using my faux wood grain painting technique. So here s how i made it happen without stain. Any type of steel door can receive the faux bois treatment even a garage door. This technique will give the appearance of a high end solid wood door even close up for under 40.