How To Update All Your Fixtures for $3!
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Living in a Fixer Upper
(IC: blogger)
$3.00
1 Hour
Easy
You don't always need new fixtures for a new look! If you like your fixtures but not the color or dinginess, here's an easy and very budget-friendly fix.
I got an old buffet at an estate sale and had just finished painting it. Turning to the last step of adding back the fixtures, I noted that I liked the original fixtures that came with the buffet, but they were a faded metal; you could see a little luster left to them, but only if you saw them up close.
It was a fact in my mind when I started that I wanted to have gold to compliment the dark blue of the painted buffet and give the piece that extra "pop". I didn't have the budget for all-new fixtures, so that wasn't an option. I know some people spray paint their fixtures metallic colors, but I wanted a bit more of a natural semi-worn coloring, and was also concerned that the spray paint wouldn't hold up to use.
For prep, the fixtures had some built-up grit, so I just washed and sanitized the fixtures and then set them aside to dry.
Once they were dry, I took a toothbrush (you can get cheap packs of 6 at the dollar store) and squeezed out a tiny bead of the rub 'n buff onto the brush, then worked the brush in small circles on the fixture.
When I finished rubbing the gold into all the fixtures, I let them dry overnight and was able to affix them onto the buffet the next day.
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Published November 6th, 2014 5:40 PM
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David Roddis on Mar 25, 2015@DravenMade Beautiful results, I'm inspired. And I really love the blue-grey color you've chosen. I take it milk paint is an old-fashioned type of paint?
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I love the results you get with this product. I used Rub 'n Buff on some engraved jewelry to fill in the engraving, and it rubbed off! What do you do so that it is permanent on places like drawer handles? thank you so much!