Painting shower stall frame (paint, sand, bathroom, spray)

[kayanne]

Years ago I painted a shower frame using a Rust-Oleum spray paint. Nowadays there are lots of websites showing how to do exactly that, but I thought of it first! (Or at least did it without help from a DIY site.)

But I don't ever want to do it with spray paint again. I tried so hard to cover everything well, but I was cleaning paint residue throughout that bathroom for the longest time. It was a big bathroom, and paint droplets got on things 10-12 feet away.

So....now I'm wondering about brush painting, with either a bristle or foam brush. Has anyone here tried that? If not a shower frame, anything metal? If so, what paint and brush did you use? I googled but couldn't find anything.

[markriver]

My choice is foam brush. Because it is easy to use and it requires less amount of paint.

[turf3]

Originally Posted by markriver

My choice is foam brush. Because it is easy to use and it requires less amount of paint.

No, the amount of paint required is the amount of paint required. Don't for corn's sake try to save a few pennies by skimping on the type, quality, or quantity of paint (this applies to any paint job) - the real cost in time and materials is in proper surface preparation, not in the paint.

There should be no problem using a brush to paint metal instead of spraying, as long as you prepare the surface properly. There are thousands of references on how to prepare the surface properly, so I will leave to you the exercise of looking them up.

I would just go straight to a high quality standard bristle brush and clean it thoroughly afterwards with the appropriate solvent; then you will own a high quality standard bristle brush. Foam brushes have their place, and you do get to throw them away afterward rather than cleaning them out, but you will not get a very good finish. There's a reason why professional painters use high quality standard bristle brushes.

[kayanne]

Originally Posted by turf3

No, the amount of paint required is the amount of paint required. Don't for corn's sake try to save a few pennies by skimping on the type, quality, or quantity of paint (this applies to any paint job) - the real cost in time and materials is in proper surface preparation, not in the paint.

There should be no problem using a brush to paint metal instead of spraying, as long as you prepare the surface properly. There are thousands of references on how to prepare the surface properly, so I will leave to you the exercise of looking them up.

I would just go straight to a high quality standard bristle brush and clean it thoroughly afterwards with the appropriate solvent; then you will own a high quality standard bristle brush. Foam brushes have their place, and you do get to throw them away afterward rather than cleaning them out, but you will not get a very good finish. There's a reason why professional painters use high quality standard bristle brushes.

I couldn't find anything online about repainting a shower frame other than by using spray paint. But then it occurred to me that all I need to do is learn how to paint metal in general with a brush. Lots of websites for that, so hopefully I can get this project done successfully, and with less mess than the last time I redid a shower frame.