10 Spray Paint Tips: What You Never Knew About Spray Paint

Spray pigment is my favorite means to stretch my decorating budget, as well as over the years I've used it on simply nearly everything (like it's getting ridiculous). 

So, today I've compiled a listing of my top 10 ways that you lot tin run spray pigment to transform items inward your home.

Enjoy!

Let's acquire started.

#1. Spray pigment pocket-sized accessories

As a reformed hoarder of thrift shop junk, this is in all likelihood my favorite means to run spray paint. Just get got whatsoever evidently jane trinket, none of which volition agree if they come upward from a thrift store, as well as encompass them inward spray paint. It's a groovy means to salve coin on decor accessories as well as it almost ever works.

In the above example I used some antique white spray pigment to update 2 bronze candlesticks as well as a greenish vase. In the below picture, I used my favorite silvery spray pigment to update a mirrored tray, a vase, as well as the frame on that artwork.

 

#2. Spray pigment outdated doorknobs

When nosotros outset moved into our house, all of our doorknobs had an outdated brass finish. So, rather than pass hundreds to supersede them (which wasn't actually an selection at the time), I spray painted them amongst my favorite stone oil rubbed bronze spray paint. 

#2. Spray pigment low-cal fixtures.

Over the by few years, I've tardily replaced most of the outdated low-cal fixtures inward our house. To salve money, I searched local thrift stores as well as craigslist for low-cal fixtures that had a groovy shape, as well as and thus I spray painted them. 

Here's the earlier of a $5 thrift shop chandelier I bought.

And here's what it looked similar afterward I spray painted it with office.

You tin notice the master copy post on this chandelier here.

I did the same affair to the outset chandelier I ever hung inward my office. I establish an one-time brass chandelier on eBay, as well as spray painted it white. I also added strings of crystal beads to it, as well as created my ain piddling crystal chandelier. 
See the master copy post here.

That was 1 of the outset weblog posts I ever made.

Embarrassing.

#3. Spray pigment lamps

Spray pigment is also a groovy means to update an one-time lamp. I establish this 1 at the thrift shop for simply a few dollars, but it was horribly dated. So I spray painted the base of operations silvery as well as added a novel drum shade amongst a dark ribbon hotglued around the top as well as bottom.

You tin notice the amount tutorial here.

I also of late spray painted 2 thrift shop lamps inward our invitee bedroom a high gloss white. It's such a groovy solution if you lot don't get got $50-$200 to pass on a lamp.

#4. Spray pigment hardware

If you lot don't honey the master copy hardware on a slice of slice of furniture (or inward your kitchen/bath), you lot tin easily update it amongst a piddling spray paint. For instance, I updated the brassy pulls on my blueish dresser amongst a piddling spray pigment fob I learned.

To acquire them to await a piddling to a greater extent than dimensional, I sprayed them outset amongst Rustoleum pure gold, allow that dry, finely sanded each handle, as well as thus added a piddling Rustoleum Bright Coat Chrome (affiliate links). The gilt gets into all the deep grooves, as well as the silvery form of highlights the raised parts. 

 I also honey stone oil rubbed bronze for hardware, too. It's actually versatile, as well as goes good amongst both gilt as well as silvery accents. I of late used it on our media console hardware.

#5. Spray pigment frames

 Being willing to spray pigment a frame opens upward endless possibilities spell thrifting. You tin completely ignore the electrical flow color of items, as well as simply pick materials upward based on the shape. Nearly every mirror or frame inward our line solid has come upward from a thrift shop or yard sale, as well as most get got gotten spray painted. One of my favorite techniques when spray epitome a frame is to spray some of the deep grooves dark first, as well as and thus acquire over it amongst silvery spray paint. I used this fob on mirror frame inward the below picture.

And on the frame inward our principal bedroom 

(one of my favorites).

You tin fifty-fifty build your ain frame out of some flake forest as well as and thus spray pigment it, similar I did on my DIY gold leafage art.

#6. Spray pigment stripes

This is 1 of my favorite spray pigment techniques, combining spray pigment as well as painter's record to create stripes. I did this on my DIY jewelry organizer, as well as it turned out pretty cool.

#7. Spray pigment furniture.

Spray epitome slice of furniture is an like shooting fish in a barrel means to update a slice without tons of effort. It industrial plant best on smaller slice of furniture similar goal tables or chairs. For example, I spray painted our kitchen barstools silver as well as they've held upward perfectly for years.

Another illustration is this filing cabinet. I spray painted the frame a high gloss dark as well as and thus used chalkboard pigment on each drawer front.

I also spray painted this rocking chair dark dark-brown to mimic an espresso forest tone. 

#8. Spray pigment drapery rods
 I had a bunch of outdated brass drapery rods inward our principal bedroom, as well as rather than supersede them, I simply spray painted them amongst some stone oil rubbed bronze spray paint. It was a groovy solution as well as saved me in all likelihood $50 a window. 

#9. Spray pigment dated bath fixtures

We had a lovely two-toned laid of fixtures inward our invitee bathroom. I absolutely hated them, but couldn't afford to supersede them at the time. So, I spray painted everything. And it's has held upward perfectly for nearly 2 years now. 
You tin come across the details here.

#10. Holiday decor
 Last twelvemonth I establish tons of ornaments at the thrift store, bought nearly 100 for less as well as thus $2, took them dwelling line solid as well as spray painted them to conform my needs. I made a bunch of silvery ones for my ornament wreath and some white ones for my tree.
It was thus like shooting fish in a barrel to do, too. Just run the box they come upward inward to prop them upward spell you lot spray pigment them.

I did something similar for Halloween, too. I bought a bunch of plastic pumpkins at the dollar store, spray painted them silver, as well as used them for decoration. See details here.

Over the years, I've learned a few things nearly the dissimilar spray pigment products available, and I've used all sorts of dissimilar brands. My favorites are Rustoleum, Krylon, as well as Valspar. I prefer the character of Rustoleum over anything else, but sometimes run Krylon as well as Valspar every bit they both get got to a greater extent than color options than Rustoleum. The most durable (in my experience) is the Rustoleum Universal. The 3 inward the oculus (below) are my favorites: Pure Gold, Titanium Silver, as well as Oil Rubbed Bronze. The Titanium Silver is to a greater extent than of a brushed nickel silvery as well as is groovy for almost anything. When I'm inward ask of a shinier chrome silver, my go-to is Rustoleum Bright Coat (far left). It has a gorgeous shiny finish. My favorite white is the Rustoleum Painter's Touch Gloss White. That materials is amazing for piddling accessories...it seriously gives a flawless, ceramic-like finish. 
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And those are my 10 spray pigment tips!

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