Paint Faux Windows On Your Garage Door

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Paint faux windows on your garage door.

I keep a paint brush handy for the edges and any nooks and crannies that the roller cannot hit. Measure your garage panel area for your faux windows. If no label just make sure to fully clean the surface of dirt and debris. Mix your paint well and pour into your lined tray.

The kind of material of your garage door also reacts to certain weather conditions. Wet extreme cold and hot weather are not the right time to paint your garage door. Score and cut your plexiglass to fit the window. I use aluminum foil to line my tray and a 4 inch foam roller to roll the paint onto the door.

Once dry this little update will add personality to your previously boring garage. We are going to paint our currently cream colored garage doors moss sage green. So i figured out a cheap way to make faux garage door windows that look real. Buying premade faux garage door windows are either crazy expensive or really fake looking.

To get an even coat walk from one side all the way across the door move the paint sprayer down and paint the next section walking back across the door. Paint needs the right temperature to dry at an optimum level otherwise it will look cracked or faded. For the past few years i ve wanted to add something a little special to our garage doors. Deciding when to paint your garage door must be carefully thought of too.

Best of all i made these faux garage door windows for about 60. To paint faux windows on your garage all you need is black exterior paint exterior primer painters tape and a paint brush or roller. Here is the before photo our boring garage door has been this way since we moved in 8. All the pics i ve seen elsewhere are of white or cream color doors.

Make your garage door look like a real raised panel door not just painting wood grain on it. We have a 3. If we paint the faux windows do you think it will look ok if the cross joints of the windows are green or should they be left cream colored. This was done in 2 steps in 2 days.

The faux windows look awesome. And it only costs a few dollars to do. A couple weeks ago i finally spent some time putting my plan into action and created some faux windows to our garage door. I smile every time i walk by the front of our house now.

Painting faux windows is a simple and inexpensive project yet it can have a big impact. Thanks for the tutorial on faux wood paint on a garage door.