Rub N Buff For Door Hinges

Put a small amount of silver leaf rub n buff on your finger and rub it all over the hinges and screws.

Rub n buff for door hinges. You can use it on almost any surface wood metal glass etc. The more paint you get off the smoother the end finish will be. In fact the hinges look the best. If you leave too much residual paint on them when you apply the rub n buff it will come out bumpy.

I ve used it on sconces. A tube of rub n buff will run you under 4 and each hinge requires only a smidgen. I love spray paint and rub n buff equally. 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.

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. They are two totally different products and yet they are equally awesome in my opinion. Updating hinges with rub n buff such an easy way to quickly change the color of your hinges or other hardware. You can also sand lightly in between coats.

The awesome thing about rub n buff is that 1. Make sure you try to get all the excess of the handle buffing it out with a clean side of the rag. Use an old toothbrush to scrub them. I did not take the hinges off just taped around them.

Rub n buff dries in a few seconds. Edited to add it does sometimes help to sand lightly before applying to achieve a nice smooth finish. I did all the downstairs hinges in an afternoon. 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.

Use a q tip to help get in the little crevices. A couple of weeks later i finished up with all the upstairs hinges. Continue this until you have the whole piece covered. However i ve been asked via email numerous times how i go about.

Buff with a soft cloth to acheive the hand rubbed lustrous finish. Soak the hinges and screws in a mixture of hot water and dawn dish soap. 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. You don t need to prime first 2.

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.