How To Paint Garage Door With Gel Stain

Once applied they settle into the grain of the steel door to give it a textured look.

How to paint garage door with gel stain.

Make your garage door look like a real raised panel door not just painting wood grain on it. Gel stain usually dries very quickly especially on a sunny day. The furniture is so pretty with gel stain. With a damp rag clean front doors and allow to dry.

Gel stains are thick and designed to cling to and penetrate the surface. If your garage door is less than five years old and has a glazed paint finish you ll have to sand it to remove the sheen in order for the stain to adhere properly. Our son in law did their garage door and some furniture with gel stain it s gorgeous and has held up so well. Most neutral colors would work great for this but if you ve got a bright or bold garage door color you may consider painting it neutral before adding the gel stain.

The best way to color a steel door is with a gel stain. When brushing work on each section of the door at a time and try to mimic the direction of natural wood grain. However the garage door will need to sit for up to 48 hours to allow the stain to dry completely. Gel stain is easy to apply but it sets fast.

In case you are wondering why this particular color will mimic the color. A good washing with soap and water using a pressure washer at the lowest setting should suffice. Apply one coat of glidden exterior flat paint color matched to behr glazed pecan. Your garage door looks great so smooth and no brush marks.

In fact gel stains are often applied to give steel doors the look of wood grain. 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. Or you can follow the direction of the garage door pattern. Did really great job on garage door.

Remove door hardware and apply painter s tape where needed optional.