Spray Paint Exterior Door Hardware

The spray paint kind of spreads everywhere even if you re directly targeting the door knobs.

Spray paint exterior door hardware. Before you paint an exterior door take the door off its hinges and remove any hardware. When we first moved into our house a few years ago i looked into buying new doorknobs for the whole house to replace the old brass doorknobs. Fortunately any knob escutcheon plate or hinge can easily be made to shine again without the need for noxious chemicals expensive tools or uncomfortable gear. This is probably obvious but don t ruin your house by spray painting inside.

Then patch it sand it and use painter s tape and paper to cover any windows or hardware that can t be removed so they won t get paint splattered. After the primer has thoroughly dried spray hardware with metallic paint 7 the home depot. After it is dry reinstall the hardware on the door. But back to our pile o removed hardware.

Let everything cure then re attach the hardware and you re done. The door knobs are still beautiful after 4 or 5 years. Spray paint brass shower handles outside. Good painters remove or cover door hardware before they paint.

I know a lot of people just clean and then spray paint hardware but actually taking the time to prime and seal it will really make a difference in how the paint wears and the finish holds up. We also spray painted on a wooden board which prevented our yard from getting painted. You can update brass door pulls or knobs too. 16 how to spray paint door knobs that last best tips for refinishing old door hardware to diy or not to diy.

I spray painted my hinges they were brass both interior and exterior and it came out great. However i did purchase beautiful antique brass colored door knobs and handles from walmart. The other kind of painter just slops it over any exposed metal and ruins the door s appearance. Spray paint door knobs or buy new.

I took one hinge per door off at a time so that i could still use the door while spray painting them my french door set includes 2 sidelight. I have a door knocker that was quite expensive and the finish is coming off. For a door made of pine white fir or another wood species that doesn t bleed i e gives off tinted compounds in wood called tannins go with a water based exterior paint such as behr. Here we have the sliding door hardware along with the doorknob deadbolt and the door knocker from the front door.

I am interested to know if paula ever painted her front door or was she just going to paint the front door hardware.