Painting Brass
 

I am painting a wicker dressing screen white - no problem with that. It has
brass hinges that I also want white. Can anyone advise as to what paint
would be best to do that with? I figured hammerite, but I'm not sure - and
if it is ok, which actual one would I use?

TIA

Angela

Painting Brass
 

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Angela wrote:

I am painting a wicker dressing screen white - no problem with that.
It has brass hinges that I also want white. Can anyone advise as to
what paint would be best to do that with? I figured hammerite, but
I'm not sure - and if it is ok, which actual one would I use?

TIA

Angela

You really need to paint the bare brass with a metal primer, intended for
use with non-ferous metals. Then you can use ordinary oil-based undercoat
and topcoat over the primer.

Your problem is going to be getting it in sensible quantities - a litre will
prime a hell of lot of hinges! I wonder whether a model shop would have
anything suitable.
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Painting Brass
 

On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:09:09 +0100, "Roger Mills"
had this to say:

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Angela wrote:

I am painting a wicker dressing screen white - no problem with that.
It has brass hinges that I also want white. Can anyone advise as to
what paint would be best to do that with? I figured hammerite, but
I'm not sure - and if it is ok, which actual one would I use?

TIA

Angela

You really need to paint the bare brass with a metal primer, intended for
use with non-ferous metals. Then you can use ordinary oil-based undercoat
and topcoat over the primer.

Your problem is going to be getting it in sensible quantities - a litre will
prime a hell of lot of hinges! I wonder whether a model shop would have
anything suitable.

Yeah - they'd probably charge model-shop prices though... :-)

--
Frank Erskine

Painting Brass
 

"Angela" wrote:
I am painting a wicker dressing screen white - no problem with that. It
has
brass hinges that I also want white. Can anyone advise as to what paint
would be best to do that with? I figured hammerite, but I'm not sure -
and
if it is ok, which actual one would I use?

TIA

Angela

The DIY sheds such as Homebase and Buy & Queue sell small tins of enamel
paint that will go straight on to clean dry brass. I don't see any reason to
use Hammerite in this situation.

Painting Brass
 

"DIY" wrote in message ...
| "Angela" wrote:
| I am painting a wicker dressing screen white - no problem with that. It
| has
| brass hinges that I also want white. Can anyone advise as to what paint
| would be best to do that with? I figured hammerite, but I'm not sure -
| and
| if it is ok, which actual one would I use?
|
| TIA
|
| Angela
|
| The DIY sheds such as Homebase and Buy & Queue sell small tins of enamel
| paint that will go straight on to clean dry brass. I don't see any reason
to
| use Hammerite in this situation.
|

Thanks. I always automatically think hammerite when it comes to metal.

Painting Brass
 

On 30 June, 18:29, "Angela" wrote:
I am painting a wicker dressing screen white - no problem with that. *It has
brass hinges that I also want white. *Can anyone advise as to what paint
would be best to do that with? *

Small hinges? Pretty much anything. If you're brush painting a wicker
screen with the usual sort of oil-based domestic gloss, then that will
be fine.

Clean the brass first to remove any oil on the hinges (acetone or nail
polish remover on paper towel) and then lightly key the surface (if
needed) with some wire wool. Then paint.

Brass has a bad reputation for taking paint and the usual advice to
always use an acid-etch primer specifically for brass is a good one.
Particularly for large areas with thin coats (sprayed?) and a high-
quality surface needed afterwards. The best guide is a self-published
book advertised in the Model Engineer magazine at present, "How not to
paint a steam locomotive". There's someone with a _lot_ of experience
in painting brass and its foibles!

For hinges though, things are easier. It's a smaller area with a
thicker (brushed) coat of paint, so the adhesion problem is less
trouble.

Hammerite is rarely a good idea. It has a reputation that's far beyond
what its performance actually warrants. Even Smoothrite has the
problem that it's too hard, too stiff and not sticky enough. Looks
good, but comes off too easily.

Painting Brass
 

On Jun 30, 10:09*pm, "Roger Mills" wrote:
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,

Angela *wrote:
I am painting a wicker dressing screen white - no problem with that.
It has brass hinges that I also want white. *Can anyone advise as to
what paint would be best to do that with? *I figured hammerite, but
I'm not sure - and if it is ok, which actual one would I use?

TIA

Angela

You really need to paint the bare brass with a metal primer, intended for
use with non-ferous metals. Then you can use ordinary oil-based undercoat
and topcoat over the primer.

Your problem is going to be getting it in sensible quantities - a litre will
prime a hell of lot of hinges! I wonder whether a model shop would have
anything suitable.

A good model shop will have etch primer suitable for brass.

MBQ