reno and demo: stage 5

Spray paint is a miracle product! Seriously though....spray paint is giving this 1930's house a modern twist while still keeping the true character of the home. 

We have used two types of spray paint for two separate projects and they have turned out wonderfully. The first project that we tackled was all the BRASS in the house. All of the window hardware and some miscellaneous hardware were brass. The worst part was that it was all tarnished and some was starting to turn greenish brown...ICK! In order to spruce it up and bring it into the 21st century we decided to pray paint them. We used Rust-oleum Oil Rubbed Bronze and couldn't be happier. Here are the results of painting the window hardware like locks and latches. 

As you can see we took some Emory paper and sanded the surface of the latches so that the paint would having some staying power. In order to avoid the locking mechanism from getting stuck, we would move the latch after the first coat of paint. This project only took two coats of spray paint and it dried fairly quickly. 

The second spray paint project came about because we painted the trim white. Since all the trim was white, the radiators in the room looked out of place because they were still a cream/off-white color. After some Youtube research I found that the best way to paint a radiator was with spray paint, but not just any spray paint. In order to paint a radiator you need to purchase a heat-resistant spray paint. We purchased Rust-oleum High Heat Spray Paint in white to match the trim and window casings in all of the rooms.  

This project was a little more time consuming because before we painted I had to clean all of the radiators-and they had tons of dust bunnies!! I would say each radiator required about two coats of paint, and we needed four cans to paint four radiators. 

Let the wall painting begin!