The awesome thing about rub n buff is that 1.
Rub n buff door hinges how to.
I had no intention on taking all the doors off completely so i removed one hinge per door at a time so i wouldn t have to.
Edited to add it does sometimes help to sand lightly before applying to achieve a nice smooth finish.
I just finished a new project check back monday i refinished a french provincial end table.
I used a full tube of the pearl blue and a part of a tube of silver leaf for that desk.
You can use it on almost any surface wood metal glass etc.
I just love those little tubes of magic.
I use deglosser to apply my rub n buff to large areas.
If you like the look of the handles with the piece there s a simple way to give the handles new life.
If you don t know rub n buff is a fantastic metallic paste used to give almost anything a metal finish.
Often the first thing you do to update a piece of furniture you re making over is replacing the handles.
Rub n buff is a product i ve used for years.
You don t need to prime first 2.
I decided to use rub n buff to give them a much needed update.
Silver leaf rub n buff 1 2 fl.
If you ve never used this product before i wrote a post years ago sharing a simple how to and some tips.
Antique gold rub n buff.
Ebony rub n buff.
I sanded and cleaned the hinges but the product wouldn t adhere i think the hinge surfaces are just too slick for the product.
A tube of rub n buff will run you under 4 and each hinge requires only a smidgen.
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.
But yes paint thinner does evaporate fast.
And i wasn t able to remove a couple of my sliding closet door circular inset handles so i had to mask off the doors and hand paint them.
Here i am years later trying to figure out if i need to seal drawer handles they i rub n buff ed silver leaf on the 1930s chest of drawrers for my kid s room.
Rub n buff is an oil petroleum based product so like products should be used for diluting it.
That doesn t always need to be the case.
Check it out here for the door handle all i did was lightly sand the handle with a fine grit paper apply rub n buff with my finger then buff it with an old cotton rag.
Unfortunately the rub n buff idea was a disaster.
I started with the center hinges on each door and when those were all done i moved to the upper hinges and lastly the lower.
It can be applied to any clean dry surface as well as over previously painted surfaces sample done on black finish.
I noticed you mentioned in one response that you sealed the pulls and nothing came off anymore but in a response the following year to another commentor you said it had mostly worn off the most used pulls and were slowly replacing them.
Updating hinges with rub n buff.
How to remove paint from hinges.