Question about paintable wall sconces

I painted same type sconces with spray paint and they are doing fine. I found a metalflake gold spraypaint at Home Depot and used it to spray the sconces. Paint went on real easy.

I bought my white ceramic paintable sconces at Lowe's; there are pictures in my gallery. I painted them with a chrome spray paint, again from Lowe's. It is not a special heat-tolerant paint... just plain ol' Rustoleum chrome.


Take your time... several thin coats are better than trying to get it all done with one shot.


Make sure they are completely dry and the paint has "cured" before you attempt to hang them. I was in a hurry, and I started putting fingerprints in the paint. I wound up putting on some thin gloves to avoid the fingerprints!


ND

Thank you both for your suggestions - this is very helpful JEFF

I spray painted mine from HD gold - they are still looking good after 1 1/2 years.

We wanted the scones to blend into the wall, so we just used our wall paint (from Lowes). It has worked fine. You can see pictures in the gallery.


Jerry

What I did with my paint-able ceramic sconces was apply one coat of the primer for this. It's oil base and dries very fast. Then I sanded and spray painted. This was probably over kill but this was my second theater and I wanted to do everything right this time.


Art

Art's reply reminded me of something... the ceramic material "soaked up" the paint like a sponge during the first coat. Art's idea of using a primer first probably isn't a bad idea at all.


Good luck!

ND

The reason I used the primer was that I had some concerns that the spray might not adhere as well as I'd like. This stuff I used in my office when I didn't want to spend $15,000 on new cabinets and surfaces with this primer paint will stick even to chem surf. So three weekends and a few hundred dollars instead.


Art