Clean your garage door first.
Staining metal garage doors to look like wood.
After years of rain snow and hot sun does your garage door look faded and worn out.
We chose this gel stain in mahogany.
How to stain a metal garage door to give it a faux woodgrain finish.
Choose the right stain color.
You can leave it in place and stain the wood part to match the rest of the door.
Preparing the project area set a dropcloth on the ground near the door and tape the door frame and hardware with painter s tape to protect it from primer and paint.
To get an idea of what your new door might look like you can use a design centre like the one provided by garaga or you can take a look at their image gallery.
It s a pretty easy thing to do overall.
Transform your garage door to a gorgeous faux wood door with this easy gel stain diy garage door makeover.
Staining your metal garage door.
Consider staining your metal garage door.
With just a few tips and not much money you can give your garage door a beautiful faux wood finish.
So here s my tutorial on how to make your garage doors look like wood.
Select a cheap brush.
Staining steel garage doors to look like wood as the owners of a san clemente calif specialty painting company called rags 2 rich s husband and wife team rich howe and cindy miller do a wide range of faux finish work including convincing renderings of masonry plaster and marble.
Any type of steel door can receive the faux bois treatment even a garage door.
I used the mahogany wood gel stain by minwax since it s gel it works on metal and a 2 foam brush here s the original garage door that s my.