Transform an Old Appliance for Under $20

Alice Faggi
by Alice Faggi
8 Materials
$19
2 Hours
Easy

As we are finishing up our kitchen renovation, I found myself torn up about my toaster oven. I’ve had this Hamilton Beach toaster oven for over 10 years and I love it. It’s functional and ok, maybe I have a little bit of a sentimental attachment to it. So when I realized that the red wasn’t going to look good in our new kitchen design, I needed to come up with a plan.

A few people suggested that I give it a good cleaning and then paint it with some high heat spray paint to give it a little facelift. A matte black toaster oven for under $20? What did I have to lose right?

First step in making this a black toaster oven was making this a clean one

Once it was clean and completely dry, I tapped off everything with blue painters tape. I was very generous with the tape to make sure none of the chrome or stainless steel parts were accidentally painted matte black. 

Then I used  this high heat matte black spray paint  and got to work. It coated very easily and dried quickly. I started with the back of the toaster oven so that I could get used to the spray paint. Once that was dry, I did the front. I used a small piece of cardboard to over the opening when the glass door was open and the red lip on the inside needed to be painted.

I am THRILLED with how it turned out. It looks just perfect in the new kitchen. This little black toaster oven is now just the perfect combination of new and completely used.

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  • Liz Liz on May 14, 2019

    Did any of the paint get inside the toaster oven through the vents? Would this cause a paint smell in the oven?

  • Kat Kat on May 25, 2019

    Way not clean it with proxcid?

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  • Terrie Cox Terrie Cox on May 21, 2019

    I wonder if i can do the same thing with a microwave?

  • Phyllis Phyllis on May 21, 2019

    What an awesome makeover! It looks great and I bet it would work on the microwave just fine. Great idea!

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    • Mary Mary on Jun 04, 2019

      Automotive stores carry “engine enamel “ in orange and red too for high heat racing engines....would work great. I use the red all the time in my home shop to renovate old garden tools, appliances, and any manner of metal items that need a restoration. Good luck!

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