Wrought Iron bedstead in desperate need of refinishing
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
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Joanie on Oct 04, 2015See if your neighborhood car painter will tackle the job. I think automotive paint would give a beautiful, hard-wearing finish.My local paint shop will mix up any color auto paint, so you can check your local paint shop if you want to spray it yourself.Helpful Reply
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Janet Pizaro on Oct 04, 2015It would best best to strip the exisiting paint since there are so many coats of paint.Helpful Reply
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Renae King Estes on Oct 04, 2015Another concern: is the old paint lead based?Helpful Reply
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Wgd2098791 on Oct 04, 2015If you can find someone to sandblast it to the bare metal you will be happier once you have applied your fresh spray on paintHelpful Reply
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Mildred on Oct 04, 2015I have my parents old iron bedstead. It had many layers of paint on it. I had it sandblasted and primered and then spraypainted it myself. It looks great.Helpful Reply
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Casey on Oct 08, 2015I found someone that can sandblast my bed frame for almost nothing, does anyone have any suggestions regarding repainting it? Can I use good quality spary paint?Helpful Reply
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Mildred on Oct 09, 2015Be sure to primer it good before you spray paint it.Helpful Reply
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