Giani Wood Look Paint Kit for Front & Interior Doors (English Oak)

Worked fabulous on our front door! Directions were easy to follow. Enough product and all supplies were provided. I have got compliments on our front door since doing it. This is one year later holding up well and it still looks great!! It dried quick and I was able to do it all in one afternoon.

I’m honestly impressed with how this turned out. It gave my door a total refresh and actually looks like real wood, not paint. The process was pretty straightforward and worth the time. Makes such a difference from the curb.

This kit came with everything needed - paint brush, roller, gloves, plastic wrap, stir sticks, mitt applicator, paint and stain. I watched the video on their page of how to apply and decided after watching that I would not be using the mitt. It looked awful from there so I used a chip brush instead. I was able to create more of a wood grain with. I used English oak and the color was beautiful - coverage was great. Drying time seemed pretty quick. I’m not sure how anyone wouldn’t have enough of their product to cover both sides of the door because I did without any problems. I’ll be buying more to do the interior doors of my house.

Color: I chose the Honey Oak color for my back door since the entryway flooring was honey oak vinyl. I felt the base color was very light and slightly pinkish. The stain color is OK, but I think the contrast between base and stain (I refer to it as stain, but it is really a type of glaze that creates the wood grain look) is too great and a less than perfect application is very noticeable. I wasn't totally pleased with the results, but intrigued enough to try a different color. I chose English Oak this time. The base wasn't that much darker, but it had a warmer tone and the stain was much darker. Door: Essentially, the door I was working with was in pretty sad shape and not worth too much trouble. Layers of paint collected in panels that couldn't be easily sanded had to remain and I couldn't remove the door or knobs in fear that it could not be rehung properly or locks function. Removing the door is not necessary, but definitely remove hardware if possible. Application: I learned alot from my first attempt! 1. Base coat is easy, just straight painting. Directions say to pour half into a tray, but a little goes a long way and I just used it straight out of the can. Less waste/clean-up. 2. Taping for the staining is key. If you have a panel door, you will stain in two directions. Instructions say to tape out horizontal panels, stain/dry and then vertical panels, stain/dry. I felt the inset panels looked messy when the whole panel was done horizontally. I took an extra step to tape out the vertical and horizontal sections of the panel and created the look of a mitred corner(I did this in the window corners also). Even though it's a crappy door, it made a difference. 3. The graining mitt is huge! As a woman I don't have a small hand, but I was swimming in it and it was hard to control. I tucked the thumb to prevent it from creating unwanted strokes in the finish and I only applied stain directly to the end of the mitt (not the whole palm as instructed). The instructions say to dampen the mitt in water and wring out the excess. It was very difficult to wring it enough and the stain got watery and dripped excessively. Learning from this I only lightly damped the one side of the mitt I used. 4. Use quick light strokes. Instructions say 2-3 coats depending on desired effect. I used four. (I might have done 5, but I was low on stain because I had also refinished the beadboard under the back door overhang. Looks great and only used 3 coats) The first couple coats might look a little messy, but as it gets darker with additional coats there is less contrast and it starts to look more natural. It dries fast, but with the extra coat I wanted to be sure the taped corners were dry so I did my vertical and horizontal sections on separate days. All said and done I am fairly pleased with the results, but I also accept it for what it is, FAUX!! I don't feel it would be worthy of my front door, but I am considering the garage door version. The kit is loaded with everything you need. It's too recent to really judge the durability, but seems pretty good so far.

This was such a great turnout for such a simple process and low budget! Highly recommend and already planning more projects! The only downfall is that there was BARELY enough product for my standard front door. I only painted one side of the door and two edges and I was scraping the paint out of the can.

I’ll be honest—I was a little skeptical at first when I started using this front door paint kit. The process felt a bit different than regular painting, and at the beginning I wasn’t sure it was going to turn out the way I expected. But I decided to trust the process and keep going step by step, and I’m really glad I did. As it started to dry and everything came together, the finish began to look more and more like real wood. The final result honestly surprised me—in a good way. Now my front door has a completely different look. It went from plain and boring to something with character and a nice wood-like finish. If you’re on the fence at the beginning like I was, just stick with it. It’s worth it in the end.

The paint package came with everything you need. Directions were clear and easy to follow. Easy project for beginners!

I’m a thorough reviewer so I’ll try to summarize as best as I can . Overall, I like my final product, I bought two kits of the black walnut for both sides of my front door. My husband was weary and couldn’t envision it working , but by the end he was a bigger fan than me. That’s not to say there weren’t issues. Issue 1 - tape; I was skeptical that the process could be so quick given the use of tape to section off vertical and horizontal sections. I just envisioned the painters tape peeling off freshly painted base coat sections. When I did the first side I was so happy that this wasn’t an issue. However, the same cannot be said for side two. I did these on the same day- one side after the other. On side two I had multiple issues of tape pulling up the base coat . I even waited a full day to go paint the horizontal sections and it peeled up the vertical wood paint on one small section. So, I think it’s kind of a crap shoot. - it’s worth noting that before painting or moving on I did feel and look to see if paint was dry- no rushing on my part. Issue 2- the mitt; I didn’t think there would be much to complain about with the mitt , but it ended up being the worst part of the project. So , as I was doing the first side I noticed that the mitt deposited a lot of little fuzz on the door. When I did the second side I wrapped the mitt with painters tape and took the tape off to get any loose fuzz, it lessened the problem but it still was still there. The worst part of the mitt was the size of it and the plastic coating that protects the inner part (where your hand goes) and the outside (where the paint goes). There is a plastic in between to keep your hands clean and this plastic makes the mitt almost move uncomfortably and it becomes harder to control your motions because the outside goes one way and the plastic goes another. It sounds weird until you experience it. The size is also just so large that it just makes it hard to control all aspects of the mitt. I know we want free flowing natural motion but the mitt doesn’t need to be that large- most 32-36 inch doors have small vertical and horizontal sections and this just makes it clumsy. Nevertheless, I would repurchase it as it does make the door look very wood like and have the effect I wanted. I will also say that these kits and another brick kit I bought from this brand are so complete and nice. They have drop clothes , full rolls of painter tape, which is a great deal. I would have liked a tray for this kit , but you can’t get everything. I would say give it a go, just be aware you might have a few issues. UPDATED: since about September with the air conditioning off I’ve been noticing a weird melted plastic / varnish smell in my home. The smell would only hit me in the middle of the day when the sunlight beat down on the front of my house. I smelled the door and sure enough it emits this weird odor now. I think the sunlight and heat makes the smell come around , but my air conditioning keeping the door cooled but also messing with the air hid the smell.

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