Letter 22255

Help needed on painting brass!  

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I wish to know how to spray paint brass. I have a brass candle stick which I need to change it's colour. Please help!

GRAHAM L
- SUNDERLAND, ENGLAND

One candlestick? Just wash it with soapy water and powdered pumice, dry it, and spray it whatever color you like.

Ted Mooney, P.E.  finishing.com Brick, New Jersey

Thanks Ted for the advice but do I need to prime the candlestick.Will the spray paint chip off the candle stick without being primed, and will Car spray paint do the Job.

Thanks,

GRAHAM L
- SUNDERLAND, ENGLAND

Greetings From Atlanta !!
I was looking on here tonight to ask the same question you did, but I have many lovely pots of Brass that I want to change, Any ideas if we do need to prime or if we have any other options to do with our outdated brass ! I am most likely going to prime and turn my copper color !
I wish I only had one candlestick to do, SIGH !!

CHEERS

Jan S
- Woodstock, GA USA

Hello Graham, I live in England, trying a similar thing myself but in modeling. There is a primer's on the market, One is Special Primer for (brass and other metals from Hamerite) and there is another etching primer you can use on brass, one thin coat leave for a week then top coat, I've heard it is good.
Best Wishes.
Grumpygrandad

Ronald C
- Nottingham, England

I found a fantastic instruction for this at designtalk.homevisions.com. Wipe down with mineral spirits, sand only slightly, prime with metal primer (such as Rustoleum), then topcoat with wonderful color (metal spraypaint). I could kick myself for selling all those brass candlesticks before I moved. I had fantastic shapes collected over 20 years. If it's an electrical fixture, make sure you take it off the connection first.

Lenora Strebeck
- Norman, Oklahoma

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