Use a painter s mitt to paint the final wood grain finish.
How to paint over a stained wooden garage door.
Since our garage door was already a creamy yellow color it worked well for a base coat.
A penetrating oil based wood stain is usually the best.
How to paint previously stained wood windows and doors.
The rule of thumb is to 24 hours or longer.
Leave yourself several days to complete this project.
If you are going to be using a light colored paint over a dark stain on a door you may need 2 coats of primer paint.
Start with the flat surface and after that move to the raised panels.
You can use a brush roller or air sprayer.
Fill two buckets with water.
As always make sure to choose a high quality stain so you re newly stained wood garage door will last longer and look professional.
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.
As always make sure to choose a high quality stain so you re newly stained wood garage door will last longer and look professional.
Water based stains will apply unevenly on wet wood.
We chose this gel stain in mahogany.
After covering the entire surface of the door you can use long horizontal strokes to create the final wood grain finish.
A penetrating oil based wood stain is usually the best.
You should get the mitt a bit damp before dipping in the paint.
Open doors and.
For example unscrew the doorknobs and kick plates from the doors.
Mix the stain thoroughly before starting this makes the streaks to be uniform while applying.
Remove any accessible hardware from the doors and windows.
Use separate brushes or roller covers for oil base primers and latex topcoats.
Oil based stains will bead on moist wood.