Painting Brass Fireplace Doors

Because fireplace doors get so hot you have to use a high heat paint.

Painting brass fireplace doors.

Some high heat paints are not meant to be used with a primer so make sure you read the instructions on the can. Whether your brass fireplace doors have become dingy and tarnished or you re just ready for a change painting them is a fairly simple weekend project. Spray paint your brass fireplace trim with this simple tutorial. Your doors may be solid brass or brass plated steel a magnet will not stick to solid brass but in either case the process is the same.

Lets talk about my fireplace. Brass accents highlight decorative features and. Bright toned shiny brass is a common adornment for the doors of wood burning stoves and fireplace inserts. Your painted fireplace insert will look completely updated in 30 minutes or less.

It brightened up the entire living room and made everything look better but it also accentuated the dated brass fireplace surround. So right before we headed to haiti rather than packing and prepping i decided to paint the paneling in in our living room. So i decided why not procrastinate packing a bit longer and spray paint a brass fireplace. Additionally since my glass doors were easily removable they just screwed off i took them off and covered the inside of the fireplace with plastic as well.

You can paint over brass fireplace doors but it s very important to use the right paint. Bonus that it was easy and looks amazing.