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Post by anxiousmom on Oct 18, 2016 15:31:57 GMT
Actually, this is one of those questions that covers a lot of people...who PAINT STUFF. As you all may know, I am painting. It seems like the minute I paint one thing, I either realize how shabby the wall (ceiling, door, whatever) next to it looks shabby and start painting there or...and this is where the question comes in...I accidentally do something stupid and have to paint over my mistake. This time, it was painting my fireplace. It is a plaster one, hard to explain, but not really important beyond the fact that even though I taped the black metal flashing thingy in front of the fireplace opening, paint got on the metal. I went behind myself and started cleaning the leaky paint and it wouldn't come off. Got out the paint remover (aka the acetone fingernail polish remover) and started happily scrubbing away and ... oh crap. Now the black paint is coming off the flashing thingy. Not the accidental paint mind you, the black that I now realize was painted on. I assume that the paint for the fireplace thing is different from wall paint, it needs to be heat resistant, right? What do you use? Can you recommend something? Is it sprayed on? Brushed on? (And maybe there is more info needed on the fireplace. It is an old one, it still has the grate on the bottom that lifts up to brush the ashes under the house. There is no glass surround, the inside is brick, but the outside just has the metal plate at the top of the opening. It is flush with the floor, no hearth. It is pretty simple, no bells, no whistles (and that includes no flue...  ) When there is a fire, the metal piece is exposed to the heat of the fire. It doesn't get hot to the touch usually, but still it is in proximity to the flames.) Oh, and one more question...do you think that the same paint can be used on other things? I have the world's ugliest brass kick plate on the storm door that I was toying with painting black. I was thinking maybe the same paint would work? |
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Post by Sue on Oct 18, 2016 15:59:23 GMT
I haven't used it but the only heat resistant paint I've seen is spray paint. (Like for painting barbecues and such.) I've intended to buy some to spray an ugly brass trim strip on my fireplace glass doors but haven't got around to it yet. I can't see any reason why it wouldn't work on your brass kick plate. I was planning on sanding my little trim piece to rough it up a bit so the paint would hold better and you might consider having to do that to your kick plate too.
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Post by scrapsotime on Oct 18, 2016 16:04:05 GMT
You can find brush on stove and grill paint (that's heat stoves). I would go to a home improvement store and ask what they carry.
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Post by basketdiva on Oct 18, 2016 16:35:42 GMT
When we bought our home 2 years ago, all the fireplace trim was shiny brass. It was $250 to replace with black or $6 for a can of the fireplace spray paint. We sprayed!!. First rough up with a quick sanding of very fine steel wool. Spray 2 or 3 light coats. Ours looks great and no problems.
We used Rustoleum High Heat paint in a matte finish.
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Post by marianne on Oct 18, 2016 16:40:09 GMT
Our fireplace has a black metal surround that the glass doors fit onto. When we redid the room several years ago, we repainted the surround with high heat, high temp paint. I think we used Rustoleum spray paint. Still looks great and hasn't been a problem - we use our fireplace all the time.
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Post by Bitchy Rich on Oct 18, 2016 16:58:14 GMT
If you just took off a tiny bit of paint, and you're trying to sell your house, I would just fill in the area with a black sharpie and call it a day.
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Post by bc2ca on Oct 18, 2016 17:02:33 GMT
When we bought our home 2 years ago, all the fireplace trim was shiny brass. It was $250 to replace with black or $6 for a can of the fireplace spray paint. We sprayed!!. First rough up with a quick sanding of very fine steel wool. Spray 2 or 3 light coats. Ours looks great and no problems. We used Rustoleum High Heat paint in a matte finish.  We converted our fireplace from a log insert to fire glass and spray painted the existing box first with an espresso matte finish bought from the fireplace store. |
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Post by anxiousmom on Oct 18, 2016 17:06:17 GMT
If you just took off a tiny bit of paint, and you're trying to sell your house, I would just fill in the area with a black sharpie and call it a day. Errrr....ummmm...  You see, I *may* have forgotten to mention that not only did I try to take the paint off, but there *may* have been a sharpie involved for a few of the scratches and ummm...well, that may have left some shiny black spots where the paint was a flat matte and now there are black patches on top of the black paint. (And, there *may* be sharpie on top of the paint that I was trying to get off in the first place) (I am sort of thinking that black paint may be the only way to fix my...fixing things.  ) |
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Post by Scrapbrat on Oct 18, 2016 17:28:21 GMT
I don't have an answer for you, but I am chuckling at the title of your post, seeking advice from "people of the north." I'm feeling like we're Vikings or something!
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Post by eastcoastpea on Oct 18, 2016 18:30:30 GMT
Contact a wood stove place, they can sell you what you need.
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Post by anxiousmom on Oct 18, 2016 19:12:22 GMT
Contact a wood stove place, they can sell you what you need. See...that is kind of the problem. There isn't such a thing around here. (So I am stuck with online, but wasn't sure what to google.) I didn't know what the metal thing is called. I don't have an answer for you, but I am chuckling at the title of your post, seeking advice from "people of the north." I'm feeling like we're Vikings or something! I figured people of the north had fireplaces and would instantly know what I needed. I figured this was one of those silly questions of the don't know what I don't know sort. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2016 19:18:28 GMT
If you just took off a tiny bit of paint, and you're trying to sell your house, I would just fill in the area with a black sharpie and call it a day. Errrr....ummmm... You see, I *may* have forgotten to mention that not only did I try to take the paint off, but there *may* have been a sharpie involved for a few of the scratches and ummm...well, that may have left some shiny black spots where the paint was a flat matte and now there are black patches on top of the black paint. (And, there *may* be sharpie on top of the paint that I was trying to get off in the first place) (I am sort of thinking that black paint may be the only way to fix my...fixing things. ) |
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Post by mom on Oct 18, 2016 19:20:44 GMT
If you just took off a tiny bit of paint, and you're trying to sell your house, I would just fill in the area with a black sharpie and call it a day. Errrr....ummmm... You see, I *may* have forgotten to mention that not only did I try to take the paint off, but there *may* have been a sharpie involved for a few of the scratches and ummm...well, that may have left some shiny black spots where the paint was a flat matte and now there are black patches on top of the black paint. (And, there *may* be sharpie on top of the paint that I was trying to get off in the first place) (I am sort of thinking that black paint may be the only way to fix my...fixing things. ) Could you just touch it up with some flat acrylic paint? I'd totally do that if I was about to sell my home. |
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Post by anxiousmom on Oct 18, 2016 19:32:33 GMT
Errrr....ummmm... You see, I *may* have forgotten to mention that not only did I try to take the paint off, but there *may* have been a sharpie involved for a few of the scratches and ummm...well, that may have left some shiny black spots where the paint was a flat matte and now there are black patches on top of the black paint. (And, there *may* be sharpie on top of the paint that I was trying to get off in the first place) (I am sort of thinking that black paint may be the only way to fix my...fixing things. ) Could you just touch it up with some flat acrylic paint? I'd totally do that if I was about to sell my home. I thought of that, but I am afraid that it would catch fire or something. I didn't think that would be very safe and if I am going to have to buy paint, I might as well buy the right kind. Darn it. |
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Post by eastcoastpea on Oct 18, 2016 19:58:58 GMT
I called the place in my sister's town. What you need is called Stove Bright. It is a high temperature spray paint. It comes in flat, shiny and metallic. I googled and it looks like a bunch of places carry it. Good luck.
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Post by smartypants71 on Oct 18, 2016 20:06:24 GMT
If you just took off a tiny bit of paint, and you're trying to sell your house, I would just fill in the area with a black sharpie and call it a day. Errrr....ummmm... You see, I *may* have forgotten to mention that not only did I try to take the paint off, but there *may* have been a sharpie involved for a few of the scratches and ummm...well, that may have left some shiny black spots where the paint was a flat matte and now there are black patches on top of the black paint. (And, there *may* be sharpie on top of the paint that I was trying to get off in the first place) (I am sort of thinking that black paint may be the only way to fix my...fixing things. ) I may or may not have done the same thing on my iron coffee table |
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Post by eastcoastpea on Oct 18, 2016 20:08:31 GMT
Could you just touch it up with some flat acrylic paint? I'd totally do that if I was about to sell my home. I thought of that, but I am afraid that it would catch fire or something. I didn't think that would be very safe and if I am going to have to buy paint, I might as well buy the right kind. Darn it. I'm glad that you're going to use the right stuff. The people who owned our house before us didn't use the right stuff on our radiators and it continues to flake all of these years later. Scrapping it with a wire brush doesn't make it budge until it flakes. The only way to get it all off without leaving some lumps behind would be to sandblast them. One of them is six feet long, and it takes 3 people to move it away from the wall to paint behind it. Getting them out of the house, on a truck and to the sandblasting place and the return trip is only likely if we hit the lottery. It's the only bad thing about having an old house. I love being able to put mittens and hats on them to dry as well as heating the towel for when you get out of the shower. |
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) When there is a fire, the metal piece is exposed to the heat of the fire. It doesn't get hot to the touch usually, but still it is in proximity to the flames.)
We converted our fireplace from a log insert to fire glass and spray painted the existing box first with an espresso matte finish bought from the fireplace store.
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