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.
Faux wood painted garage doors.
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.
If the door is new clean it with a mild degreasing household cleaner.
Materials needed sanding block or sander.
You can transform any steel or wood garage door with giani wood look paint.
I ll show you how.
Steel garage doors are durable but they also look industrial or at least identical.
Then wipe it clean with a damp cloth.
A professionally faux painted door will actually look better.
We are still in diy home improvement mode so we are painting paula s garage doors live on hometalk.
Creating a faux wood garage door.
Applying a faux wood grain finish can give your garage door some character and enhance your home s exterior.
Transform your garage door to a gorgeous faux wood door with this easy gel stain diy garage door makeover.
Mine were outdated and umm just plain ugly.
At faux doors we elevate the curb appeal and attraction of your home by hand painting your current garage doors to look like real wood grain doors.
So off i went to create a faux wood garage door.
So with some paint i went to work and made our garage door look like this want to give this faux wood garage door a try.
Most of our faux wooden garage doors look very realistic.
This was done in 2 steps in 2 days.
Prime the door with a rust resistant latex primer even if the door is new and has been primed at the factory.
Our painting technique mimics the attributes of real wood to create a visual illusion of an authentic wood door.
Luckily our custom garage door we chose a few years ago already had a faux wood grain inlaid to the panels.
Use an exterior primer if the part of the door getting the faux wood treatment faces outdoors.
Doors doors doors.
So i really wanted to new garage doors.
Allow the primer to dry.
Make your garage door look like a real raised panel door not just painting wood grain on it.
Here s what you ll need.