Gel Stain Garage Door Before And After

Or you can follow the direction of the garage door pattern.

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. Prior to gel staining cabinets i had a lot of experience working with regular wood stain but i had never worked with gel stain. However you can apply a second coat after the first has. 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.

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. From the street no one will know it isn t real wood. Gel stain is particularly forgiving with splotch prone woods like birch cherry maple and pine. 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.

For ease of staining and finishing it is recommended that you finish the door before installation. These varieties tend to absorb thin traditional stains unevenly looking messy and unfinished no. I was thrilled with how it turned out. Using a foam brush i applied two coats of helmsman s spar urethane you can get it here.

Gel stained garage door. For questions of comments please call 800. These instructions are also helpful for other simulated wood surfaces. In case you missed the original gel stained garage door tutorial you can read all about it here.

Below is a before and after of the gel stain used on the bathroom vanity. Stir minwax gel stain until creamy before use and occasionally during use. One coat of stain will usually suffice for most garage doors. Make sure the door surface is free of all dirt and foreign matter.

Staining the doorjamb door frame the gel stain can also be used to stain the doorjamb door frame and mullions. Apply stain with the foam brush and use the 2 bristle brush to soften and blend stain to match the door and trim. However the garage door will need to sit for up to 48 hours to allow the stain to dry completely. But here s a look at what the garage door looked like right before we stained it.

You can see how light brown the garage door had become. 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. Between the gel stain on the vanity and the new mirror this bathroom had left its aging past behind. Lucky for me i already had a full quart of this in my garage from another project.

We were in the middle of washing it here. 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.