Help needed on painting brass!

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

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One candlestick? Just wash it with soapy water and powdered Pumice [link is to product info at Amazon] , dry it, and spray it whatever color you like.

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

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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

September , 2009

Sorry, Graham. Yes, brass must be primed with a Self-Etching Primer [link is to product info at Amazon]

Regards,

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

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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pots of Brass that I want to change, Any ideas if we do need to prime or if we have any other options to do with our outdated brass !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

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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

April 19, 2008

I found a fantastic instruction for this at designtalk.homevisions.com. Wipe down with mineral spirits [link is to product info at Amazon], 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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