Gel Stain On Vinyl Garage Door

However the garage door will need to sit for up to 48 hours to allow the stain to dry completely.

Gel stain on vinyl garage door.

Transform your garage door to a gorgeous faux wood door with this easy gel stain diy garage door makeover. Apply one coat of glidden exterior flat paint color matched to behr glazed pecan. Or you can follow the direction of the garage door pattern. A recently cleaned and dry garage door for painting.

The furniture is so pretty with gel stain. To do this you ll need. Step 4 drying. When brushing work on each section of the door at a time and try to mimic the direction of natural wood grain.

Apply stain with the foam brush and use the 2 bristle brush to soften and blend stain to match the door and trim. The only trick is to keep the layer even throughout the surface and avoid dripping. Ok as it turns out these doors are made to be stained but must be stained with a gel stain and applied just like paint and not wiped off. In contrast to regular wood stain gel stain does not need to be wiped off or rubbed in.

Remove door hardware and apply painter s tape where needed optional. Your garage door looks great so smooth and no brush marks. We chose this gel stain in mahogany. Staining the doorjamb door frame the gel stain can also be used to stain the doorjamb door frame and mullions.

Select a cheap brush. If you have a paneled garage door start at the center of the paneling and work your way out. We also decided to ditch the storm doors as they were in pretty poor shape. Affiliate links included for your convenience we used a less than 20 can of gel stain to transform our paint faded aluminum garage door.

Did really great job on garage door. Our gel stained garage door makeover happened one year ago so i m giving you guys an update. We ve lived in our home almost 7 years now. These instructions are also helpful for other simulated wood surfaces.

Gel stain in the color of your choosing i used minwax hickory. Our son in law did their garage door and some furniture with gel stain it s gorgeous and has held up so well. It actually looks almost just like a stained wood door the vinyl already has wood grain texture i neglected to mention earlier with the grain and the builder is damn happy with it. Then 2 days later i was ready to do the gel stain on the garage door.

In case you are wondering why this particular color will mimic the color. Gel stain usually dries very quickly especially on a sunny day. Tips for a diy garage door makeover and how to gel stain a garage door to look like wood. Looks like you found the right product to use.

Since we moved into our home our brown painted aluminum garage door had faded more and more. They only had 4 colors to choose from 15 or so. With a damp rag clean front doors and allow to dry. Choose the right stain color.