Garage Doors On The Beach
Well, I finished up the garage doors and outside walls of the new garage addition today. I put a good exterior clear coat over everything to ensure the longest lasting results I could.
The first photo is after I had primed the garage walls and primed and started the first coats of the door.
As you can see I first paint a pumpkin color over the door. This gives the final product a warm wood glow. Then I paint on the first brown color.
After that I paint on the second brown color which is nothing more than adding black to the first brown.
After the garage door was complete I painted the outside garage walls to match the walls of the home.
The last picture shows a close up of the door. Notice the nice warm glow of the wood.
The first photo is after I had primed the garage walls and primed and started the first coats of the door.
As you can see I first paint a pumpkin color over the door. This gives the final product a warm wood glow. Then I paint on the first brown color.
After that I paint on the second brown color which is nothing more than adding black to the first brown.
After the garage door was complete I painted the outside garage walls to match the walls of the home.
The last picture shows a close up of the door. Notice the nice warm glow of the wood.
Hi There!
ReplyDeleteI am looking to faux finish over my existing stained orangy pine cabinets. Do you recommend sanding all the stain off first or is there an easier way to finish the cabinets. I just want to give them a dark walnut color with the darker antique trim as you have done on the garage door in the image you posted. I would appreciate any advice you could give. Please email if you have any input for me. dawn.nakaya@gmail.com
Thank You,
Dawn Nakaya-Delk
Beautiful and realistic finish! Did you use glaze plus paint over your base coat? Just brushing on? Wish you lived in this area...nice work!
ReplyDeleteyes, I used a glaze with the paint. For exterior work I use a product called Floetrol. Very inexpensive and can be bought anywhere paint products are sold.
ReplyDeleteThen I put a good exterior clear topcoat over that. Varathane makes a good waterbased clear exterior top coat.
Absolutely beautiful! I was searching for info hoping to finish my garage doors when I finally found your blog,inspirational to say the least. I have used a simular technique while staning pine wood for stereo speaker stands in the past using just a foam brush and different color of stains to hide the awful natural open grain of the pine with good results. Please could you give me clues to the brand/color of the paints used in this projct,it is Exactly the color I was wanting. Thanks for sharing your talent with us.
ReplyDeleteJohn
I love your garage door faux! I would like to do mine and have a couple questions-
ReplyDelete1.My door is 20 yrs old with a good condition latex paint on it. Do I need to prime it with Fresh Start or can I just start with the basecoat? Do I need to do both a primer and basecoat even if the primer is tinted?
2.When doing the Java and Java/black grain coats do I use a paint brush to simulate the grain patterns? Is there some wiping technique used?
3. Can I use the same technique on a painted metal entry door?
4. Can I use a non Benjamin Moore paint?
5. What sheen paint do you recommend? Flat, satin, etc?
6. Is any black water based paint OK?
1. after 20 years I would clean the door thoroughtly with amonia and water and a scrub brush.
ReplyDelete2. I have just used a tinted primer coat myself but that is why I like the ben moore fresh start as it has a deep tint base so you can get deep colors with it.
3. I like ben moore paint for these door projects and i prefer a satin sheen but some like semi-gloss
4. email me - robert@wallscomealive.com and I will email you back full instructios