Spray Paint Door Locks

Plastic wrap i used saran wrap.

Spray paint door locks. Wipe down the brass door handles with grime boss wipes. How to paint door knobs prep work sanding is probably the most important step in preparing to spray paint door. After it is dry reinstall the hardware on the door. Spray 2 3 coats and leave them to dry 48 hours before replacing.

After the primer has thoroughly dried spray hardware with metallic paint. Spray paint i used krylon rust protector. Featuring a lifetime guarantee defiant offers this hartford featuring a lifetime guarantee defiant offers this hartford keyed entry knob and single cylinder deadbolt with proven durability and security. Spray hardware with metallic primer according to manufacturer s directions.

Remove the brass door handles with a screwdriver. Light grit sandpaper i used 150 grit. Spraying the doors only required pockets of 10 15 minutes at a time and freed up a lot of time to do other things. If you try it i would love to know how it worked.

Buy rust oleum universal paint primer in one we chose satin nickel. But for anyone looking to get to work painting door knobs without having to remove them here is how i did it. Sand the brass door handles with 400 grit sanding paper. Remove the door hardware remove the hardware with a screwdriver.

Interior hinges can be taken off but the doors don t always go back exactly the way they were after struggling with 2 doors not closing correctly i discovered oil rubbed bronze paint in a can. The new design features a 70 mm rose plate providing easy coverage of previous paint marks in replacement applications. You could always tape off the keyhole spray the doorknob or handle and then just use a small brush to apple paint to the outside of the lock. It s in the same aisle as they spray paints and i just applied it with small detail paintbrushes directly on the hinge without having to remove the door.

I used a piece of painter s tape to label which. Painter s tape i use frog tape. Then after 48 hours of drying time we reinstalled them in all in about half an hour. To ensure no fingerprints are left in the paint allow the hardware to dry for 24 hours.

When it comes to a time breakdown it took about thirty minutes to remove all the knobs about two hours to sand and degloss them all and about an hour to spray paint them.