Paint A Garage Door To Look Like Wood

I have been working on a new project this week painting standard white metal garage doors to look like wood.  I got off to a good start even though one day was a rain out.  I got the doors scrubbed down really well with soap and water first.  After that dried the primer went on and then the basecoat.

Here is a photo of both doors, the smaller one is primed and the larger one has the basecoat already applied.

 The smaller garage door was painted to look like wood first.  Step one in the process after the basecoat dries is to tape off each panel.  I paint the center of each panel with a horizontal wood grain first.

Once the center panels have been painted with a horizontal wood grain.  Then I tape off and paint the area between the panels with a vertical wood grain pattern. In the photo below you can see how each row has been completely painted with a wood grain.  The next step is to paint in the areas between the rows and then the vertical area on each side.

These garage doors are on the south side of the home and they get direct sun all day.  So I in this case I use my sun tarp to provide shade, here is my setup below.

The next two photos show the garage door completely painted to look like wood.  The first one is taken with the sun tarp up and the second one is taken with it taken down.

This week I will take on the larger door.