I really want the new fans I got up, but just can't justify swapping somethign that I could alter to my liking you know?Ĭlick to expand.haha I know, but the spray stuff (if it works) will just make it a million times easier. The other pic is a product home depot said (I know, I know, I'm desperate here!!) should do it, but if it doesn't that (and the mineral spirits) are going right back lol!!! Neither even touched the stuff (maybe an 'enamel' is different? I see 'enamels', 'epoxies', etc on stuff that just seems paint!!). These were both gold to start, the botched one (right side) I tried getting back to gold to start fresh, I used acetone (admittedly diluted, and it was my fiance's fingernail polish remover lol), and I tried full strenght mineral spirits. Both have had gloss polyurethane on them (didn't get the $9 polycrylic stuff because I dunno how much they'll really yellow indoors, we'll see!).

The one on the right had no silver basecoat, just 2 coats of the stainless steel paint. The good one (on the left), I was low on paint so instead of 2 coats of the stainless steel paint, I did 1 base coat with a generic silver/aluminum colored one (that had no 'flecks' in it), and then the final coat with the stainless steel one. These were both done the same way, EXCEPT a detail I forgot and just remembered yesterday. I've begun this method on 2 fans so far, the first came out better than I could've asked, the second is the nightmare (1st on the left, 2nd on the right). I actually have brand new satin nickel fans in boxes I got yesterday, I'm still gonna try to make this happen but with the amount of time I'm spending it seems buying them may be more practical lol! I'm gonna give it one more go and if it's no good I'm just swapping them out. Sanding would be insane given all the lil nooks 'n crannies!! (this is so insanely frustrating because the first fan's accents came out perfectly - I just ran out of paint on a small section, tried touching that up the next day, now I've got 2 fans' worth of accents that are all bumpy, and won't remove!!) I know I could sand away but with all the little details it'd take ages, if there's a solvent I could just dump these in, rub around, and then be back to the original faux-gold, I think I know how to do these properly now!! Is there anyway to just get this stuff off so I can start fresh? I tried mineral spirits and (diluted, fingernail brand lol) acetone, and neither touched it (perhaps it cannot go through the final coating of poly? I have a ton of fan accents (all gold accents from two different ceiling fans), that have suffered the same bumpy stainless paint + clear gloss polyurethane (can post pics of products if need be, they're also posted in my other new thread in paint). Slick - I started another thread but maybe you could answer this for me. When I sprayed, the paint went on textured!!! Same exact product, UPC code, etc.Īnd when I let it dry a bit and tried to use a paper towel to remove the bumps, it worked great on some spots, and it removed the paint from yesterday in others!!Ĭan't believe I tried to make that can stretch knowing it would be a close call, now I'm gonna have to bring all these pieces back to gold and start over So today I got more and figured I'd give it a shot even though it'd been just one day. The problem last night was that I ran out of paint before finishing. This didn't make much sense to me, but I followed it when I painted last night and almost everything came out great (fan accents, and I used a gloss polyurethane on top of it). The spray paint (stainless steel rustoleum appliance epoxy spray paint) says to recoat within 20 minutes or after 1 week. I've hit a problem with some spray painting and was wondering if someone could explain the *why* this happened (the *how* is because I violated the dry time rules :no: ).

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