How To Paint Faux Door Panels

An advantage of painting attached doors is that you don t have to wait for one side to dry before painting the other.

How to paint faux door panels.

You can transform any steel or wood garage door with giani wood look paint. The flat paneled door with molding trim to faux raised panel door project including trim and paint cost around 30 00. Begin by applying paint to the inside of the top panels. Steel garage doors are durable but they also look industrial or at least identical.

Before painting paneling use painter s tape to mask off your mouldings windows doors and ceiling. Score and cut your plexiglass to fit the window size you need. Apply a thin coat of primer with a roller. Applying a faux wood grain finish can give your garage door some character and enhance your home s exterior.

Faux or fake wood paneling was a very popular wall design in the 1970s. Once you perfect your technique on your first panel you just repeat it on each panel until your door is complete. Faux finishing garage. For most doors you ll have at least two panels one above and one below the doorknob.

Time wise my panels were 37 x 17 1 2 and 23 x 17 1 2 and it took about 3 hours to measure cut the trim and glue. Leave the protective plastic coating on the plexiglass for this. Use a brush to fill in any grooves. You can also divide the large panels into smaller ones on the top or bottom.

Measure your garage panel area for your faux windows. I use aluminum foil to line my tray and a 4 inch foam roller to roll the paint onto the door. When painting a panel door a paint brush may be more effective than a roller. I keep a paint brush handy for the edges and any nooks and crannies that the roller cannot hit.

Using a tape measure and t square lay out two rectangles one inside the other for each faux panel using light pencil lines. I already had the paint. Print a copy of the door painting guide. To get an even coat walk from one side all the way across the door move the paint sprayer down and paint the next section walking back across the door.

When painting for wood paneling choose either a stain blocking latex primer or an oil based primer.