How To Paint Door Hinge

Because they ve been on the doors for a long time i washed the hinges with a sugar soap solution to remove any dirt grease and build up.

How to paint door hinge.

Open the door widely and use masking or painters tape to cover the hinges properly. Next remove and paint all the middle hinges and then reinstall them. Hold the spray can about 8 inches away from the work pieces and spray them evenly with the paint. Apply a light coat of oil based spray primer to the brass hinges.

Put on a respirator and spray a coat of metal primer on all the hinges using an aerosol can. Finally remove and paint all the bottom hinges and then reinstall them. Spray painting the hinges is a cost effective option to replacing all the kitchen cabinet hinges. Painting cabinet hinges set the hinges flat on a a sheet of old newspaper with the parts you want to paint facing up.

Once dry i sprayed one very light coat of primer and then about 3 or 4 light coats of gold spray paint. You ll want to start with a coat of rust free primer and add the final coat of paint later. This is termed priming and will. The pic below shows them after the primer and 1 coat of gold spray paint.

To avoid all the potential headaches above it s best for you to paint around door hinges. Step 1 remove the hinges prior to painting the doors step 2 clean the hinges as well as you possibly can. Let the paint dry completely and then flip the hinges over. How to paint around door hinges.

Step 7 flip the brass hinges over and apply a light coat of oil based spray primer to the second side. Once the hinges have been cleaned rub them with a medium grit sandpaper to prepare them for the paint. Be generous with the tape to ensure you ve covered the hinges properly. Cover the hinges with tape.

I painted hinges for my kitchen cabinets. If you plan to paint both sides the most visible sides should be face up. Here s how to do that. First remove using a drill with a bit or a screwdriver and paint all the top hinges and then reinstall them.

See directions below for how to prepare paint etc. Allow an hour for the brass hinges to dry. Hinges can be difficult to change out and costly. Painting the other side.

You might find that this requires steel wool pads some abrasive cleaner the kind used for sinks and bathtubs and lots of elbow grease. Just a little project i ve been planning on doing for awhile painting the hinges to match the doorknobs instead of spending the money to buy new hinges.