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Want to update the metal finish color on shower doors

Is there a product that can be put on the metal portion of a shower door to change from the 1980's gold finish to an updated oil rubbed look to avoid the cost of replacing the door?

Kerrie Autrey
Homeowner - Norcross, Georgia, USA
May 25, 2011

Hi, Kerrie. Most shower doors are anodized aluminum with a dye sealed within the finish. There is no chemical treatment you can do to anodized aluminum to oxidize it to an oil rubbed bronze look. You are limited to painting, which will be only marginally acceptable. I'd replace the doors unless they were very expensive, indicating that possibly might actually be brass rather than aluminum. Good luck.

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
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May 25, 2011

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