Rub N Buff For Door Hinges

I tend to use grecian gold and antique gold over and over but it comes in 12 colors total you can buy a sampler of all the colors from amazon.

Rub n buff for door hinges.

You can use it on almost any surface wood metal glass etc. Updating hinges with rub n buff such an easy way to quickly change the color of your hinges or other hardware. They are two totally different products and yet they are equally awesome in my opinion. Rub n buff is a waxy metallic finish that comes in several golden shades such as gold leaf depicted but also look for antique gold and european gold.

You don t need to prime first 2. The rub n buff has worn off the most used handles so i am slowly replacing them with nickel handles but i m leaving the hinges because they look great and no wearing off of rub. Use an old toothbrush to scrub them. A little silver leaf r b on the brass hinges was all it took to match the new doorknobs without going through the labor of taking down and then rehanging the doors.

I did all the downstairs hinges in an afternoon. However i ve been asked via email numerous times how i go about. I ve used it on sconces. A couple of weeks later i finished up with all the upstairs hinges.

I did not take the hinges off just taped around them. Continue this until you have the whole piece covered. Edited to add it does sometimes help to sand lightly before applying to achieve a nice smooth finish. If you leave too much residual paint on them when you apply the rub n buff it will come out bumpy.

Rub n buff dries in a few seconds. Krylon s gold leaf is the best metallic gold spray paint i ve found to date to mimic brass or give you a warm golden glow on your hardware. Soak the hinges and screws in a mixture of hot water and dawn dish soap. A tube of rub n buff will run you under 4 and each hinge requires only a smidgen.

Pick up a very small amount of rub n buff using fingertip and rub it evenly in a gentle rubbing motion rather than strokes over smooth surface or raised designs. The awesome thing about rub n buff is that 1. Use a q tip to help get in the little crevices. You can also sand lightly in between coats.

Buff with a soft cloth to acheive the hand rubbed lustrous finish. In fact the hinges look the best. I love spray paint and rub n buff equally. Rub n buff is a waxy finish made from imported carnauba waxes fine metallic powders and pigments.

The more paint you get off the smoother the end finish will be.