Refinishing door hardware Part 6: The reveal! And more tips
Can you hear that? I believe I hear angels singing. I love, love, love the results.
Something I have learned after completing this project? It is difficult to take interesting pictures of your door hardware. These were the best that I could do.
A peek at what they used to look like:
To see the entire series of posts for this project, please click on the Refinishing Door Hardware category in the right sidebar. It will take you to all of the information on the process I used.
Fixing blunders:
A Q-tip and some paint sprayed into a disposable container will fix very small blunders that don’t go too deep. If you have a bigger mistake, let it dry overnight, resand the blunder, and repaint each step on that area. Had to do that with my oops from touching the handle much too soon.
Tips:
- You will use more spray paint if you paint outdoors. That stuff flies around with the slightest breeze, landing everywhere but on your hardware.
- But, if you need more warmth for quicker drying, go outside on sunny days. I was able to finish before next spring by leaving the garage and using some Indian summer days in November here in Ohio.
- You will need 2 people if you have heavy doors. Even if you only remove one hinge per door at a time, it takes two to get the hinges back on in their proper position.
- You can remove, paint, and reinstall hardware the same day if you are very careful during the reinstallation and for days after. We did this on our exterior doors. But expect to have to fix some on these because the slightest bump mars them.
- We waited 48 hours on the handles before putting them back up and we didn’t have many problems with marks on them. We were careful with them for at least a week after that. We are 2+ weeks into some of the hardware and it is wearing very well. It doesn’t mark up now when you bump it.
- At one point I needed to keep the screws for different doors/hinges separated. I did this by putting them in their own baggies with a label in the bag. When I put them on the box to be sprayed, I jabbed a screw through the appropriate baggie and kept space between bags. The label in the bag helps once the outside of the bag gets sprayed:
Exterior doors we have sprayed are wearing when using the key to unlock the door. I kind of expected this. Probably will get worse once we aren’t being as careful also. We mainly use the key in the garage door though, so I’m okay with it. If you use a key in a more public door, you may not be, so keep that in mind. If that were the case for me, I would replace that particular door with factory-finished hardware.- Small mars or small spots missed that you discover after the hardware is reinstalled can be fixed with a Q-tip. But be aware that if you have to use too much paint to repair, the finish will be shinier than that around it. Very small spots can be repaired this way.
Final numbers and the cost (32 doors and hinges):
I mostly sprayed inside the garage, but completed 5 doors handles (10 individual handles) and 52 hinges outside. You use less paint spraying inside a building.
$16 (4 cans Rustoleum Clean Metal primer)
$56 (7 cans Rustoleum Universal Advanced Formula Metallic All-Surface Paint–only used one coat)
$8 (2 cans Valspar Premium enamel in Clear Flat sealer–only used one coat)
$3 (1 package 100 grit sandpaper)
$4 (1 package steel wool)
For a grand total of $82 to transform the doors in our house!!
All posts in this series:
Refinish door hardware part 1: Supply list
Refinish door hardware part 2: Sanding
Refinish door hardware part 3: Priming
Refinish door hardware part 4: Painting
Refinish door hardware part 5: Sealing
Refinish door hardware part 6: The Reveal! And more tips
Refinish door hardware part 7: One month update
This project is linked to The DIY Club’s Krylon Pretty in Paint Party. Click on the link to check out all the other inspiring projects using spray paint!
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do you think this could be done on sink faucets?
Hi Kalin! I don’t personally have experience with that application, but here’s some sources I found that you can check out:
http://blog.addicted2decorating.com/2011/01/diy-project-how-to-paint-bathroom.html
http://thediyshowoff.blogspot.com/2009/11/bathroom-update-lovely-lighting-and.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_4703257_refinish-bathroom-faucets.html
http://thestylesisters.blogspot.com/2010/07/can-you-spray-paint-bathroom-faucetsoh.html
The DIY Showoff blog talks about using a spray lacquer to protect the finish. I think that sounds like a good plan. We are getting some chipping on the high traffic doors to the outside–particularly the garage door that gets a key used on it everyday several times. I mentioned in one of the posts that I expected this on that door in particular. Faucets would get a lot of use, but not with anything sharp, so I would say go for it! All of our interior doors are wearing well with no chipping. I would be careful with your cleaner choice as well.
Even with the chipping on the high traffic exterior doors, I LOVE the results of this project. I have one door left that I didn’t redo, a door in the garage that goes out to the back of the house. Every time I go out that door I am reminded of how all the handles and hinges in our house looked before. And I am so glad I changed all the rest!
Wow, this is an awesome article. I only wish I would have found you months ago! My daughter bought all new black hardware for all her door in her 2 story home. This would have saved her a lot of money!
This is a MUCH for affordable alternative to what I’ve been doing which is replacing door handles periodically. I hate that brass tone and I’ve lived in this house for nearly 10 years and STILL don’t have all my door knobs changed out. Time to break out the spray paint and see what I can do to fix that! Thanks for the info!!! They look great!
I love the paint color you have on your walls (in the pics with the new door hardware) I am trying to find colors like the ones you have, but every sample I put up is not quite right. What colors do you have? Thank you
Hi Kristen! The paint in most of the pictures (tan/taupe color) is Benjamin Moore AC-35 Valley Forge Tan. The top picture (green color) is a different room–if you want that one I can find my paint swatch and get that for you. But I’m going to guess that you wanted to tan color since I’ve gotten several requests for the name of that color
If you want to see more pictures of that room color, you can click on “Remodeling by room” under “Categories” and choose “Laundry Room remodel”. It has various projects in that room. Thanks for the comment!
I’m trying to find the greenish blue/gray looking color you have in the room with the two towels hanging by the door with the freshly painted hardware =) We are in the process of painting all the hardware in our house too! Thank you so much for your help! You are quite a crafty lady!
I assumed incorrectly this time–you won’t want the color I gave you! That room is painted Rock Garden 94-34B. The picture you are referencing probably isn’t accurate if you are seeing blue in it. Try this link to a different project, but it is the pictures once the leaning shelves are in the bathroom, not the first few pictures (once the top shelves have plant cuttings, you are looking at the right pictures). It is a gray-green color without being too olive. Hope that helps! Good luck with the hardware painting–takes time, but it is sooo worth it!
http://pinktoesandpowertools.com/2010/11/29/leaning-wall-shelves-part-9-the-reveal/