Can You Paint Over Brass Door Handles This tutorial shows you how to spray paint hardware specifically door knobs for a lasting durable finish.

Can you paint over brass door handles If you ve found an old pair of brass candlesticks or have an unsightly metal light fixture in your home you may have considered giving these items a face lift with paint.

Can you paint over brass door handles. And you ve already seen our freshly sprayed front door hardware but let s just revisit it for a moment. I had some small round felt pads and put those over the lock part of the door to cover up the keyhole. Other objects like furniture utensils and lamps are already portable. I sprayed 3 light coats of oil rubbed bronze on my door.

I d debated spray painting the hinges but thought the same thing you did about the possibility of the paint grinding off with multiple open and closes over time. Some brass objects such as door handles faucets and fixtures will be easier to paint if you remove them from where they are. You can see here where i spray painted my shower using the same process and the results were amazing but even though i taped off every bit off our bathroom there was still over spray on our master closet shelves over 12 feet away. With a few quick google searches we were able to determine that we can update our brass door handles ourselves with some sanding and spray paint.

How to paint brass cabinet pulls. If you removed any screws nails or other hardware store them in a safe place so you can return the item after it s painted. We re happy with our little almost foiled by the sandpaper process. To give old cabinets a new look you ll have to deal with the hardware by installing new knobs and handles or giving the existing pieces a makeover.

We looked into the cost and estimated replacing all of the handles at upwards of a few hundred dollars. Me ow old sliding door friend. Well as much as a twisty twirly old 80 s knob can really mature. While you can paint metal items the smooth slick surfaces of many metals make a metal painting project slightly challenging.

As with all spray paints multiple thin coats are better than one heavy coat.