How To Paint Interior Doors To Look Like Wood
Apply a thin coat of gel stain to an entire door panel using a tapered 4 inch foam brush.
How to paint interior doors to look like wood. Supplies to purchase for the project. Creating the fake wood finish requires two latex enamel wood colors and a clear latex glaze or acrylic sealer. How to paint a plain white door to look like wood.
Make a steel door look like wood. I share all things thrifty home decor crafts and a recipe or two on occasion. For example if you want the surface to bear resemblance to mahogany opt for coral.
To determine ideal wood shades examine an image or an actual piece of your favorite type of wood. Rolling a flush flat door paint a flat door with a brush pad or roller with a 1 4 inch nap or foam sleeve. Choose exterior paints for an exterior surface and interior paints for a project area that faces the inside of the home.
Use a rocking motion to create the wood grain pattern. Then i would probably use the minwax express color in a combination of the walnut onyx and mahogany maybe even crimson mixed together until i got the dark color i wanted. General finishes gel stain worked well on my fiberglass faux wood grain door.
Clean everything thoroughly and prime. In this video i show you how i took our boring steel garage door and turned it into a wood door using paint and stain. These doors have a wood grain texture to them so here s a trick for any time you have to fill and sand holes on textured objects.
Thank you for your visit today. When the wood filler or whatever you are filling with is still slightly soft use the edge of a putty knife or something similar to mimic the surrounding texture. No sanding needed just patience.