Sand the surface first with very fine grit sandpaper and then clean well with a scouring pad.
Silver spray paint for door handles.
But back to our pile o removed hardware.
Now go ahead and paint the tops of your knobs.
Every paint i tried covered and adhered well.
We wanted our door handles to not stand out in the room and to blend in.
I lightly sanded roughed up each knob.
5 krylon special purpose metallic in bright silver 1401 nice coverage but too flat and had a slight texture to it also.
I used a multi surface oil rubbed bronze spray paint with a hammered finish.
Here we have the sliding door hardware along with the doorknob deadbolt and the door knocker from the front door.
Once the gold metallic paint is dry you can flip the knobs over and stand them up.
Plus love the look and how it pulled the same finish as the bed into the rest of the room.
Painting one side of the knobs and then flipping them over makes it a bit easier to paint the hardware without having to handle them too much.
No depth to the finish.
Tips to remember when spray painting metal with metallic paint.
I usually use one of the two.
To spray paint door hinges on furniture you can use the same process i use with the door knobs and handles.
I couldn t stand looking at that fake brass finish one more minute.
Once your hardware is completely dry grab your favorite spray paint most people use metallic finishes for hardware but you can get creative and use different colors to customize your piece i love oil rubbed bronze and gold.
Today i am showing you how to update dated brass hardware i am updating my doorknobs from brass to oil rubbed bronze.
After the primer has thoroughly dried spray hardware with metallic paint.
This is a quick and easy update you ca.
You can check out our door painting post for more details on that stuff like how we sanded the paint around the hardware that we removed so it was nice and smooth before painting.
Metallic paint on modern hardware.
Spray hardware with metallic primer according to manufacturer s directions.
A few years ago i had my husband take every door knob off of every door in our house so i could spray paint them.
When painting cabinet knobs you can absolutely use this same process to help protect knobs and drawer pulls from everyday wear and tear.
I ve been living with the spray painted hardware for 6 months with no issues or areas chipping or rubbing off.
The after picture of our satin nickel painted door handles.
The best match was rust oleum forged hammered burnished amber.