Can i paint door hinges

Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Should I paint door hinges? Asked 8 years, 8 months ago. Active 23 days ago. Viewed 72k times. Improve this question. Edd Edd 2 2 gold badges 3 3 silver badges 8 8 bronze badges. This is entirely a design based question and answers will be entirely opinion based, as is shown by the ones we've collected over the years. I'm surprised this has stood open this long. FreeMan Seems fair — Edd. Glad you agree, Edd.

Nothing personal against your question, I think we've gotten a little more aggressive in closing questions in the last couple of years. Add a comment. By painting them in place you will also not reach every part of the hinge properly resulting in some unpainted areas.

It will also be hard to prepare the hinges while they are still installed. So the first thing you have to do is to remove the hinges from the door and the wall. This is best done with another person so that one of you can hold the door while the other one loosens the screws that keep the hinges and the door in place. If the hinges have been there for a long time then you most likely have to brush some dirt off of them.

I would recommend using an old paintbrush and a lot of soapy hot water first. To remove any fingerprints or old paint simply use some rubbing alcohol and an old piece of cloth to clean them off. Then put them on a surface that can get paint on it like an old piece of wood or some trash bags.

You should repeat the same steps for the screws if you want them to be painted as well. I would recommend painting your screws too just to make the whole thing uniform. Personally, I hate painted hinges. I removed all of mine and polished the solid brass and or replaced them as needed.

Can I spray paint hardware like hinges and door knobs? Should and can door hinges be painted? What color should I paint my front door and security door? If those are real solid brass, I'll take them!!!

Seriously if they are real then just get a buffer or grinder, put on a buffing wheel, spray clear lacquer dries fast your done. You might need a wire wheel also to get the paint off, then buff. You could probably do a set in 10 minutes. Solid brass hinges are pretty expensive, I wouldn't replace with cheap garbage if they are real. Painting them If there not solid brass just get new ones.

I took off 60 hinges of my cabinet doors, and replaced them. Mine were the old dark brass, and were disgustingly dirty and the color no longer matched my new cabinet color.

I considered painting them, and would have if it had only been a few of them. If fact I did paint the hinges on one door as there was not a matching nickel finish hinge available for that one. But that's for cabinets. For doors, especially light painted doors, I prefer the hinges to match.

I painted mine they were already painted the previous color and I think it is a big improvement. Kinda silly to invest time and money into equipment to clean hinges that you have no interest in using. I used to throw old hinges into a metal paint can and submerge them in lacquer thinner with a cover on the can. I few hours later, the paint residue just washes off. The Crock Pot system works well for latex paint, but years of oil paint require a strong solvent or paint stripper.

Those are pre-war hinges and you might have to go to a specialty hardware store to find exact replacements. If the old hinges clean up well, you might be able to polish them, even if they are not solid brass. Don't use anything abrasive on them. If you were hoping to do something fun with your hinges, why not consider replacing them instead of painting them.

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