Does anyone have any experience making brass look like oil rubbed bronze look? I want to use spray paint has anyone found a brand that gives that look or a techique?
I don't know about oil-rubbed bronze, but we recently spray-painted an old shiny brass bathroom fixture with a can of black spray paint from the dollar store. It looks fabulous! We bought new globes and it looks like a new fixture. I bet you could buy spray paint with an oil-rubbed look. I mean, if you can buy "hammered metal" spray paint, it sure seems like you could get oil-rubbed bronze.....
Hello, I've been posting over on the Decorating forum, but came over here to look for this very thing.
I've been working on this, trying to change out our doorknobs & a set of bath faucets to the oil rub bronze look. About to tear my hair out at this point.
I could not get "the look" from spray paint and it did not adhere well to the surface. Tried all kinds. I think it has to do with the coating that's on our brass fixtures. And I've tried just about everything to get a good surface.
I *think* that finally I have a combination that will work; I'll post some pictures in a while & see what you think. I'm using a product called Rub N Buff, combined with brown paint and just a touch of gold paint. And then I used car wax on top of THAT. About to spray a completed one with sealer to see if it holds up; I think it will.
The other thing is getting the color right. I have just read & read about "hand rubbed oiled bronze" and it seems it is a brown color that's almost black. Not easy to achieve and still get the sheen/depth. I think spray paint would work just fine on things that you don't see "up close", but of course that's not the case with faucets/doorknobs, etc.
Sorry to have gone on so long here but I've been up till all hours the last few days trying to get this project done...relieved to see someone else is trying this too!
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Use Rust-oleum spray paint In Metallic Dark Bronze. It is in a white can with, i think, the words "metallic Coat" centered on front. Once you have sprayed your fixture and it has dried, dry brush it randomly with gold paint. My fixtures came out beautiful and when i show them to my friends they are amazed that i didnt buy them in this finish.
My fixtures came out beautiful and when i show them to my friends they are amazed that i didnt buy them in this finish.
Hmmm, that sure would be easier than what I'm doing! Did you do doorknobs, etc.? What were they made of? See, I think that 1/2 of my problem is that the paint won't adhere (even Rustoleum.). My fixtures are brass, but have this coating on them that I think was meant to last about 1000 years. I have tried everything to break that coating: boiled them, used lacquer thinner, paint stripper, etc. And sanded. (Insert GRRRRRRR here!) And, you should see my HANDS...what a mess, and I've been wearing gloves (MOST of the time.)
