My first attempt at ORBing

So here's a term that I hadn't heard of before I started blogging. ORBing. It means painting something oil-rubbed bronze. Yesterday I tried it on some of my worn out fittings like on the screen door and letterbox.

So this is the result.

And this is how it started out.

Well I forgot to take a before picture of the door handles but this is the strike plate which is the same colour.

 

So first thing I did was to remove it all and sand them back with sandpaper then give it a wash in warm soapy water.

Then I applied 5 thin layers of this Rust-oleum Universal Oil-rubbed bronze spray paint. I found it at my local Paintspot for $13.50. It is paint and primer in one so I didn't have to prime the metal first.

 

I laid all the parts out on some cardboard and styrofoam or whatever I had around. I gave them 5 coat of ultra fine mist spray about 10 minutes apart then left them to dry for about 24 hours. It rained last night so I had to move them undercover.

I also want to do this light fitting if I can figure out how to get it off, also the house number. This was originally black when we bought the house, then I spray painted it gold when we repainted the house façade.





Oh and this is the other side of the screen door handle. I am vey happy with out it all turned out. Fingers crossed it lasts.

 

I really want to do this knocker on the weekend if I can.

Cheers,