Gel Stain Over Painted Garage Door

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

Gel stain over painted garage door.

With a damp rag clean front doors and allow to dry. The quart of gel stain was about 15 and we used two brushes so for under 20 bucks we got this awesome garage door update. In fact gel stains are often applied to give steel doors the look of wood grain. How to paint a garage door with gel stain cheap and easy diy.

We ve lived in our home almost 7 years now. Once applied they settle into the grain of the steel door to give it a textured look. Apply downward pressure while moving the graining tool across the section at a constant speed. Up and down on the sides horizontally along the top and bottom and middle.

Another update our gel stained garage door one year later almost 4 years now and still going strong. 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. Gel stain is also used for faux finishing and glazing. Gel stain faux wood finish.

Staining your garage door will take approximately 3 hours from start to finish with an added 48 hours maximum for drying. Apply a thin even coat of gel stain to a section using a natural bristle brush or a soft lint free cloth. Our gel stained garage door makeover happened one year ago so i m giving you guys an update. We used gel stain on our front door you can read all about it here.

Affiliate links included for your convenience we used a less than 20 can of gel stain to transform our paint faded aluminum garage door. Apply in the direction of the grain you intend to create. It s primarily used on wood although it can be used on other surfaces including fiberglass and metal. We also decided to ditch the storm doors as they were in pretty poor shape.

Gel stain is formulated more like paint than traditional stain. All told this project should cost you just over 35 a steal compared to the hefty price of installing a genuine wood garage door. The best way to color a steel door is with a gel stain. Gel stains are thick and designed to cling to and penetrate the surface.

Gel stained front door. In case you are wondering why this particular color will mimic the color. Apply one coat of glidden exterior flat paint color matched to behr glazed pecan. I ve wanted to switch out our garage door in our kitchen for years.

You can paint over gel stain as long as the surface is. While the gel stain is wet use a graining tool to create a wood grain pattern. Like paint gel stain coats the surface instead of penetrating it. Gel stain is easy to apply but it sets fast.

Since we moved into our home our brown painted aluminum garage door had faded more and more.