Toning Shiny Fixtures Down
So, the old owner of my house installed oodles of very shiny “brass” light fixtures…it’s going to take me time and $$$ to replace. In the meantime, is there anything I can apply to the metal that will “antique” the finish so it’s not so brassy?
So, the old owner of my house installed oodles of very shiny “brass” light fixtures…it’s going to take me time and $$$ to replace. In the meantime, is there anything I can apply to the metal that will “antique” the finish so it’s not so brassy?
Replace the freakin’ things! Have a yard sale and get rid of them if you don’t like them instead of doing all that work!
are they solid brass? if they are and they are still shiny, it’s because there is a lacquer finish.. if they are inexpensive, brass like things.. all the finish could come off and in that case, they would need a finish added after roughing up the surface.
You need to strip the lacquer off the brass before any aging will happen(most paint strippers will do). Steel wool will dull polished brass.
ppl on apartment therapy will just tell you to paint it hot pink
block or brown shoe polish? obviously this isnt a good idea for anything that is close to the eye or likely to be touched, but might be a quick way to faux-age shiny brass without being permanent. if the brass is “laquered” as it likely is, brass treatments wont work without removing the protective coat.
Yeah… I don’t know what “dulling spray” is, but for regular spray paint application, you’ll need to sand the lacquered finish a bit. Basically, so the spray paint has something to adhere to. (Make sure you get all of the dust off before painting)
They have likely been lacquered which is why they remain bright. Not sure if any ove the above will work on the lacquered finishes.
HW stores have a thing called ‘dulling spray’ just for thet.
http://houseofantiquehardware.com/s.nl/sc.13/category.145/.f
brass antiquing solution should work