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We have a shiny gold tone faucet in the bathroom next to our living room. Twenty years ago I'm sure the builder put it in to look dressy. Now it just looks dated.
We've switched out the other faucets in this house, but this particular one has tricky valves and my husband doesn't want to touch it. We also don't want to have to pay for a plumber to replace it if we can avoid it.
Is it possible to paint it or tone down the gold color in some way? Or would that just make the faucet look even worse. Part of me says "Who cares? If someone wants to buy the house they'll buy it no matter what color the faucet is. And if they don't want to buy the house, replacing this faucet wouldn't change their minds."
But maybe I'm not being realistic about the little updates buyers seem to need. If a paint job is an easy solution, I'll do it.
I've tried doing this over the years and they never come out right. It seems smaller items like handles etc come out ok but you have to be able to paint it with no runs or imperfections because the larger the surface the harder it is to get perfect. Good luck!
I've painted many gold faucets, towel bars, wall sconces, and ceiling fans in our current home with oil rubbed bronze paint. Spray painting requires a good technique, and I've gotten better as I've practiced.
Do your surface prep well, use a high bond primer, and always spray light coats. You can always put another coat on, but once you spray too heavy and get a run it's done.
I've painted many gold faucets, towel bars, wall sconces, and ceiling fans in our current home with oil rubbed bronze paint. Spray painting requires a good technique, and I've gotten better as I've practiced.
Do your surface prep well, use a high bond primer, and always spray light coats. You can always put another coat on, but once you spray too heavy and get a run it's done.
I have also painted many fans and light fixtures with oil rubbed bronze spray paint, and they looked brand new afterwards. I suspect it would work on faucets as well.
We have a shiny gold tone faucet in the bathroom next to our living room. Twenty years ago I'm sure the builder put it in to look dressy. Now it just looks dated.
We've switched out the other faucets in this house, but this particular one has tricky valves and my husband doesn't want to touch it. We also don't want to have to pay for a plumber to replace it if we can avoid it.
Is it possible to paint it or tone down the gold color in some way? Or would that just make the faucet look even worse. Part of me says "Who cares? If someone wants to buy the house they'll buy it no matter what color the faucet is. And if they don't want to buy the house, replacing this faucet wouldn't change their minds."
But maybe I'm not being realistic about the little updates buyers seem to need. If a paint job is an easy solution, I'll do it.
We all have changes where we go "I'd like to do THIS, but I don't want to do THAT or spend money." Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and do the job right. About the only thing I might try is a clear matte spray paint... or duct tape.
If it's bright brass- take some "000" steel wool to it. Make it look like the latest&greatest- brushed/antique brass.
NO, if it's got a layer of REAL gold, you'll rub the gold off and end up with a stainless steel colour underneath.
We had a (real) gold plated tap in our bathroom in our house build in the 70's. As I cleaned it through the years, the gold eventually rubbed off and I didn't use abrasives on it. It just happened over time.
OP, you could try just lightly buffing it off with a slighly abrasive product to see if it's stainless underneath, but if it doesn't work, then you'll either HAVE to paint it or replace it.
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