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Spray Painted Chandlier

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#1 ·
We have this old chandlier that was real shiney brass.
All I ever did to clean it was to use a soft undershirt.

It was in perfect condition and I loved it, but the shiney
brass is out of style...Not that I care what's in and what's out,
but, it was in your face 'bright.' :eek:

So, I bought Rust-olium antique hammered bronze... and said, I hope we've not going to mess this up!
He said, so we'll buy a new one...but, really
that outcome was not what I wanted. I love the style of this one...

So we took it out on the deck, hung it from the Pergola, said a Hail Mary
:) and started spraying...three or four thin coats later, I was happy.
I even painted the cloth shades, a bronze craft paint on the outside and gold on the inside.
The gold paint I bought from Home Depot, I've used
for many things...but that's another story. I'll get the pic's.
 
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Here is the paint...I mixed the craft paint with a few colors to get the correct bronze color for the shades...
the super lite gold leaf paint is from Home depot --and it's the existing color(I didn't mess with it)
 

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#7 ·
thanks Robyn, I did a brass coach light in our bathroom at the same time.
This is a coach light that we took down every Spring to polish it. What a PITA.
I sprayed it and it looks great, and it's exposed to temperature swings
and humidity...The best thing is no more polishing brass, now all I do is
feather dust it. It's a pleasure.
I also did one lamp in our den. In the LR we have 5 lamps,
Three of them painted -- Two in gold and one in bronze.
 
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Very nice!

I did the same thing with our bathroom fixtures. Bought them for half price on clearance and totally changed the look with a can of Rustoleum Hammered Finish spray paint. I did a light sanding on mine first, but they were no where near as ornate as yours.
 
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thanks, Alexjoe and Blondsence...

Seems like all us that are into decorating think the same.
As I said, I spray painted my bathroom coach light, and the old brass
towel bar and toilet paper holder too.

That's funny that you bought new stuff and bought it home and spray
painted it...I did the same with a little lamp I bought for our LR...
It was black and I took it home and sprayed it antique bronze.
Also our son gave us a brass log holder...I never used it cause
it didn't go in our FR...last winter I brought it up from the basement
and used the bronze paint on it.

Btw...that gold leaf paint that I bought at Home Depot is fantastic...
I have a big ceramic fish that had orange and green in it -- didn't
really go in our DR even though I had it on the table for five years
cause it was a gift from our son...about a year ago I painted it gold
and copper and it came out really nice.
I'll get a pic of it either later or tomorrow.

We should make this a spray paint thread...
please post your spray painted projects or hand
painted projects too..It would be fun to
see them all.
 
#12 ·
Exactly what DIYGirl said. The fixture looks amazing...I'm a big fan of spray paint and use it all the time. I once bought a statue from a yard sale that would have been perfect in my brother's house, but it was pink. So I bought it and took it home, spray painted primer on it, then shot it with the stone-type spray paint to make it look like a scupture, and it came out amazingly. I love Rustoleum's hammered finishes, I've used several cans to bring new life into patio furniture.

I would have never thought to paint the shades. I probably would have just went out and bought new ones hoping they'd match. :) Very clever!
 
#13 ·
ha,ha, :laughing:
These were new...but, they were white, that's why I painted them. :yes:

The outside of the shade is fabric, the inside a hard material.
The gold on the inside reflects daylight beautifully, and the bronze
outside is a lovely soft color.
The outside is now hard as well from the paint.
All I do now is dust them. So far they still look great - six years later.

I'll have to show you a light I painted, right home from purchasing
it from the store...

Come on everyone post your painted treasures on this thread.
 
#14 · (Edited)
Ok, nobody has any painted things to show off besides me???

Here is the painted fish that I painted gold --it sits under the painted chandlier. :)

The fish was a present from our son, from a trip he took.
The face was orange and the body was green.

It didn't go well with our other colors in the room.
So, I painted it with the gold leaf paint from Home Depot
about 0ne year ago. Everything that's gold was painted,
the blue in the center is original.
I never knew you could paint glazed ceramics.

The wood stuff in the fish is all from our garden...branches
from the walking stick tree, Pods from the lotus flowers, etc...
At Christmas time I pull out all the silk flowers and add
silk Pointsettas.

feng shui tip...
Fish is considered good luck in a home! The face should never point
towards a door, or you good luck will travel out the door.
 

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#15 ·
Ok, here's another painted project...I found this lamp at Home Goods
for 10.00 on a discount table... The size was perfect, and the shade
was a lovely shape with a swirly beaded and sequins design on the shade.

There were two things that were fugly though, first the lamp was black,
and second the shade was too short for the lamp.

I took it home and first spray painted it with the antique hammered
bronze paint, then applied some the Home Depot gold paint on a rag
and rubbed it on lightly. Then hot glued my favorite fringe on the bottom
of the shade to both lenghten it and to kick it up a notch.
I love this little lamp...all I have in it is a 15watt chandlier bulb.

I have another little candle lamp that goes back to my childhood, that I painted.

I'll take a pic of that next.
 

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This is the candle one...It was in my Dads study for as long as
I can remember. It was all dark pewter, including the shade.
I was worried I was going to ruin it, but jumped in anyhow. :yes:

First I sprayed the entire thing with the hammered antique bronze
paint. Then again I ragged on some gold paint applying it more liberly
on the candle.
The antique wood frame on the left, I also painted...same method,
only it was several tries until I got it perfect. This frame -- I ended by
spraying the hammered bronze spray paint on a rag and rubbing it over
the gold leaf paint.
 

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#17 ·
Thanks for the additional pics and ideas TK. Appreciate the details. Most of my painted stuff went with the water but I am looking forward to doing some new stuff. I have been restraining myself from going to the flea markets etc to get stuff until the major stuff is done.

Can't wait until I get to go find some stuff. We have done the worlds longest yard sale trip twice now and I am planning on going next year. Luckily our major antiques look like they will be salvageable but some will need refinishing. They just don't make stuff like they used to.

Lately I get uber excited just painting something other than drywall primer Pretty sad when you get excited to paint a ceiling just because its "different: :laughing:.

Robyn
 
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Thanks Robyn, I would love to be able to go to a huge yard sale
like the one you described. One mans junk is another's piece
of art.
Funny story, I went to our friend Ron's yard sale, he had a
old brass tarnished and pitted Bulova table clock...
He said he paid two dollars for it at a yard
sale, so I gave him two dollars for it...He then said, "you better
not do anything good with this clock!" :laughing:

I took it home, put batteries in it, and was pleasantly surprised that
it had a beautiful Westminster chime. I'll dig up photos later of what
we did to it. I love clocks and am always scouring the yard sales and
thrift shops so that we can re-use the old faces.

I hope you can get your antiques restored. How bad is the damage?
I am partial to antique side tables, and have two small ones in our LR.

The head knot restored a few pieces of our antiques.
We have a cherry antique chess table, that I destroyed (water damage) with a plant on top.
He surprised me with the restoration, as I thought it was beyond repair
and he was just going to replace the entire top. But, it was his Grandfathers
table, and he wanted to bring it back to it's original glory.

I hope you can get back to decorating, painting and turning some good
junk into treasures. :yes:
 
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Pic's you say...be careful what you ask for Benny! :yes:
I have tons of pics.

Here is the old pitted two dollar brass clock...
After we got this clock, about a week or so later,
we went to another yard sale and bought another clock face
for three dollars. (that one was in excellent condition)

The head knot said, "I thought you wanted to make the
Bulova clock for your desktop?" I said that -- I always wanted to design a
lyre clock for the piano.(and I love, love lyers) So, we can make them at the same time. :yes:

We never make anything -- unless we know exactly where it is going when
it's finished, unless its a gift of course.

Here's the old pitted brass clock...I'll be back with the pic's of the two completed clocks, after I do an archive search.
 

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#21 ·
Here are both clocks... The Bulova was made with QS white oak
left over from our kitchen build. We trimmed it in Walnut, left over
from out kitchen table top. The lyre clock was also left over
QS white oak, I had originaly intended to make the lyre clock from
walnut, but we were out of walnut, so I said what the heck, let it be
QS oak. It will be lively looking for sure.
The little feet are seperate, so that in case I changed my mind
about it's location -- it can also be hung on a wall.
 

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#22 · (Edited)
Here is the home I chose for the lyre clock, or should I say I made it for this
location. The clock face also tilts around...the winding key on top was an
afterthought, I have a lot them. :) afterthoughts I mean.

I have to find where the Bulova desk pics are?

I'll be back.
 

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#23 ·
This is the location that we made the Bulova for...

The one pic is the day we placed it in it's location.

The other pic was taken because a friend from a wookworking
forum made me this little workbench jewerly box... Inside the little drawer
is where I store my earings. The Pen in front of the clock
is another gift from a woodworking forum friend...Woodworkers
are good people.
 

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#24 ·
I was looking for more clock pic's of clocks we made when
I came across these pics of my little table
project...
This is a project that I did out of boredom one weekend.
I have this little table that I got from my dad.
I love this table cause it fits next to my chair in the Den.

Holds my drinks, books, reading glasses, remotes etc...Well, I did severe
water damage to it with a plant (this is not the antique table that I referenced
above, that the head knot restored)
So, he first sanded the top, then covered the top with leather.
I had it like that for several years. Also, I painted it gold.

Then one weekend, I gathered up some shiny pennies and a few dimes
and glued them to the top with elmers glue. In the middle I glued
a Queen Elizabeth coin. After it dried, I gave it several thin coats of poly.

The chair we re-upholstered in leather a year ago.
that we scored from Mercedes Benze.
This chair was originaly a rescue
from my sisters garage, she was about to put it on the curb.
We had enough leather to make a matching foot stool.

This is the table and how it fits next to the chair.

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#25 ·
I just found this in photobucket...This is it halfway glued.
You can see the leather covered top underneath.
The leather was a leftover from our old leather sofa
that we stripped. I sprayed that gold too.
I'm dangerous with a spray can.:yes:
After all the pennies were glued, I pulled some out and inserted
dimes to kick it up a notch.

 
#26 ·
Neat table just the right size for the chair too.

I saw someone do a penny floor once though it looked cool. We actually don't have what we call 1 cent pieces in Australia, got rid of them and the 2 cent pieces about 10 years ago. 5 cents is the smallest we have and the 5 cent piece is smaller than the 10 cent piece...drives me nuts that a dime is smaller than a nickel lol.

I have never mastered spray paint but I have not used any American spray paint....maybe its different lol. Did it harden the leather or was that a different kind of paint?
 
#28 ·
Thank you Robyn and WKerney,
Robyn, I had no idea you were from Australia.

The sprayed leather on the table top worked
out well. It hardened and looked good.

I have a lot of cream leather left
over from my chair, as we bought two skins,
...haven't dreamed up what to do with it yet,
but, eventually something will come to mind.

Wkearney,... Crafty Devil, I like that!:yes:

It was my hope that others would post their stuff
on this thread, painted or otherwise..but,if no one has
any objections I can keep going. :wink:
I have more clocks...:yes:
 
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