How To Spray Paint Wall Mounted Lighting

Clean the fixtures clean surfaces with a vinegar water solution 50 50 or use water with an all purpose cleaner.

How to spray paint wall mounted lighting.

I brought them outside to spray paint. You don t want to get spray paint on your wall it s oil based and that wont work if you need to paint over it with latex. Sand the fixture with 00 steel wool to remove any corrosion. Spray several light coats of exterior paint for metal.

Spray your entire fixture with at least two coats. Clean the parts of the fixture with denatured alcohol. Reassemble the light fixture. For the recessed lights in our kitchen i had to unhook the can light covers from the ceiling in order to spray paint it.

Remove the fixtures or mask around them before painting you must either take the fixture down from its mount or. Do make sure your paint is not too thick and try to apply evenly. Then let it dry and cure as long as possible. Clean the parts with denatured alcohol again.

Several light coats are better than one heavy one. Cover any parts of the fixture you don t want painted with painter s tape. Yes it is dry to touch quickly but the paint has not fully cured and hardened. You can use a chip brush for this.

You want it to soak in. First i took out the bulbs and took off the shades then i taped around the sconces where it met the wall with painter s tape. Remove any paint or rust paint will not. I would recommend at least overnight longer if you can wait.

Simply apply the paint either long way around the shade or short up and down strokes making your way around the shade. Spray paint recessed light trim in our kitchen with bead board ceiling.