Can I paint bronze metal chandelier?

Susan Hitchcock
by Susan Hitchcock
I want to make it look like silver satin. I saw a beautiful chandolier for my dining room at Lowes but it is in bronze and I need silver satin color. Can I spray paint it? and what paint brand is best? thank you
  8 answers
  • Janet Pizaro Janet Pizaro on Feb 10, 2017

    Rustoleum spray paint for metal comes in a large variety of metal colors and finishes.

  • Ajc Ajc on Feb 10, 2017

    Make sure is washed nad dried. You could wipe it down with steel wool or a scub pad, but metal spray paint with primer works fine on clean surface. It will look wonderful.

  • Hillela G. Hillela G. on Feb 10, 2017

    Yup! Make sure that you clean the surface first, share pics when you're done!

  • Susan Hitchcock Susan Hitchcock on Feb 11, 2017

    Thank you all for the info! and the confidence to try this! I'll post a before and after pic if I can figure out how to do that!


  • Shirley Miller Shirley Miller on Mar 07, 2017

    I did this same thing fifty years ago. I bought silver leaf from an art supply store. It came in sheets lke gold leaf does. I sprayed on the adhesive and applied the metalic squares and made them conform to the shapes with an artist brush. I sprayed on a sealer. My fifty year old fixture looks like the day I did it and the result is a metalic, rather than a painted finish.

  • Anna Anima Mundi Anna Anima Mundi on Mar 10, 2017

    That's impressive!

  • Ann Ann on Apr 04, 2017

    I had a brass headboard and I used hammered metal spray paint, it looked great. So yes I'm sure you can paint your chandelier as well.

  • Beverly Beverly on Apr 06, 2017

    Chalk paint works well over brass.