Choose the right stain color.
Coffee gel stain garage door.
Affiliate links included for your convenience we used a less than 20 can of gel stain to transform our paint faded aluminum garage door.
Minwax gel stain minwax gel stain is specifically designed to give you full control over the staining process and help you achieve beautiful results.
We chose this gel stain in mahogany.
We ve lived in our home almost 7 years now.
However the garage door will need to sit for up to 48 hours to allow the stain to dry completely.
Or you can follow the direction of the garage door pattern.
Since we moved into our home our brown painted aluminum garage door had faded more and more.
Delivers uniform color evenly on wood and non wood surfaces such as metal veneer and fiberglass.
Select a cheap brush.
When brushing work on each section of the door at a time and try to mimic the direction of natural wood grain.
Its unique non drip formula makes application easy for vertical surfaces.
Transform your garage door to a gorgeous faux wood door with this easy gel stain diy garage door makeover.
Our gel stained garage door makeover happened one year ago so i m giving you guys an update.
Clean your garage door first.
Tips for a diy garage door makeover and how to gel stain a garage door to look like wood.
Gel stain usually dries very quickly especially on a sunny day.