Gel Stain Garage Door Before And After

Prepare the surface begin by thoroughly cleaning your garage door using warm soapy water and a stiff brush.

Gel stain garage door before and after.

Stir minwax gel stain until creamy before use and occasionally during use. These varieties tend to absorb thin traditional stains unevenly looking messy and unfinished no. You ll need to wait until the stain is completely dry before you can really tell if you ll be satisfied with the results or not. Staining the doorjamb door frame the gel stain can also be used to stain the doorjamb door frame and mullions.

With just a few tips and not much money you can give your garage door a beautiful faux wood finish. However the garage door will need to sit for up to 48 hours to allow the stain to dry completely. Using a foam brush i applied two coats of helmsman s spar urethane you can get it here. One coat of stain will usually suffice for most garage doors.

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. Make sure the door surface is free of all dirt and foreign matter. After your gel stain has completely cured we waited about a week you will need to apply a wood protectant specifically designed to withstand sun and weather exposure. From the street no one will know it isn t real wood.

For ease of staining and finishing it is recommended that you finish the door before installation. Gel stained garage door. We were in the middle of washing it here. Before you start working on the project do a little color test on a small section of the garage door or on another metal surface.

For questions of comments please call 800. Gel stain usually dries very quickly especially on a sunny day. Apply stain with the foam brush and use the 2 bristle brush to soften and blend stain to match the door and trim. Or you can follow the direction of the garage door pattern.

Lucky for me i already had a full quart of this in my garage from another project. These instructions are also helpful for other simulated wood surfaces. Between the gel stain on the vanity and the new mirror this bathroom had left its aging past behind. Consider staining your metal garage door.

In case you missed the original gel stained garage door tutorial you can read all about it here. I was thrilled with how it turned out. 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. Gel stain is particularly forgiving with splotch prone woods like birch cherry maple and pine.

Below is a before and after of the gel stain used on the bathroom vanity. However you can apply a second coat after the first has.